Kafka on the Shore, Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.

they will also discover avian navigation

Tika the Iggy

Bound to a feudal lord for three years in exchange for land

bold and clear-sighted

he provides field-tested

but also of people and places he knew as a young and optimistic teacher forty years before

His co-worker Bethany is facing fifty more years of shelving Post-it notes

The watchful concierge

flashes of anger and incidental humour

overcome common sticking points

Veronika has everything she could wish for

the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron