Kafka On The Shore REP15 Naifeh and Smith have re-created

Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh s life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius

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Kafka On The Shore REP15 Naifeh and Smith have re-createdKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophecy. The ageing 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