Kafka on the shore / (Record no. 106382)
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| fixed length control field | 01985pam a22002294a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 14217818 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20221026094924.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 060103s2006 nyu 000 1 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006271024 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780099458326 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 895.635 MUR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murakami, Haruki |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Kafka on the shore / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Vintage International |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 505 p. |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Gratis <br/>Rs.599/- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle-yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own. |
| Expansion of summary note | "Originally published in Japan in two volumes as Umibe no Kafuka by Shinchosha, Tokya, in 2002."<br/>Originally published in Great Britain: Harvill Press, 2005. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gabriel, Philip |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SIAS Collection | H.T. Parekh Library | H.T. Parekh Library | 14/09/2020 | 14 | 11 | 895.635 MUR | K2514 | 31/03/2024 | 15/02/2024 | 14/09/2020 | Books |