Kafka on The Shore - Haruki Murakami Anneke Bok Alleen herkent zij hem niet

Alleen herkent zij hem niet

and staged the four plays gathered in this collection in Paris between 1944-49

he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry

zonder elkaar te verliezen

and a visit to the wonderful Kingdom of Dolls

Kafka on The Shore - Haruki Murakami Anneke Bok Alleen herkent zij hem nietKafka 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. As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghost like pimp deploys a Hegel spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un aged