Kafka on the Shore

Author's name: Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore has sparked a flood of commentary and debate. The novel's eerie, metaphysical, and philosophical atmosphere is striking, as it incorporates music, literature, philosophy, and the Arabian Nights as a marginal note that shapes the text's ideas.

An old man who can talk to cats, fish that fall from the sky, soldiers who have been living in a forest since World War II, a magic stone that could lead to the destruction or salvation of the world

A strange atmosphere abounds in Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, "Kafka on the Shore." As strange as it is simple, it celebrates and defends the magic of life through two parallel, intersecting stories.

The story of an old man searching for his lost half, and a fifteen-year-old boy escaping his father's dark curse. Between them are worlds, cities, characters, and semi-epic journeys, all of which revolve around the search for love.

The Meaning of Death and the Value of Memories is a novel that not only pushes each one of us to contemplate life, but also provokes us to change it or to change ourselves in it and begin a journey in search of our lost compass.