Kafka On The Shore [1st UK Ed]
by Murakami, Haruki
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1843431106
- ISBN 13
- 9781843431107
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About This Item
London: The Harvill Press, 2005. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK Edition of this modern classic of Japanese Literature. First Printing [The Harvill Press, London, 2005]; 506 pages; black cloth boards, gold titling to spine, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, unclipped [£12.99], v. slight rubbing to bottom edge. Translated by Philip Gabriel. First published under the title "Umibe no Kafuka" [Shinchosa, Tokyo, 2002]. Murakami's wonderfully fantastic story following the parallel journeys of 15-year-old Kafka Tamura & cat-tracker Nakata. ISBN: 1-843-43110-6 / 1843431106
Synopsis
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into thirty-four languages, and the most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe.
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- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2509
- Title
- Kafka On The Shore [1st UK Ed]
- Author
- Murakami, Haruki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1843431106
- ISBN 13
- 9781843431107
- Publisher
- The Harvill Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, cats, classic, classic books, coffee, fantasy, fiction, first edition, Japan, japanese fiction, literature, magic realism, nostalgia, orchard bookshop
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