Kafka on the Shore

Description:

A boy trying to escape a gruesome oedipedal prophecy, a simple man who can talk to cats, a mysterious librarian, and a woman waiting for a long-dead lover.

subjects: Self-actulaization (Psychology),  Fiction,  Miscellanea,  Japanese Authors,  Runaway teenagers,  Parent and child,  Japan, fiction,  Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author),  Japanese fiction,  Translations into Chinese,  Chang pian xiao shuo,  Eccentrics and eccentricities,  Detective and mystery stories,  New York Times reviewed,  Korean language materials,  Runaways,  Juvenile fiction,  Teenage boys,  Fiction, general,  Self-actualization (Psychology),  Correspondence,  Magic realism (Literature),  Literature,  Translations into English,  Relationships

Places: ri ben,  Japan

Times: xian dai,  20th century