Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto in blue spine and white paper-backed boards; 436 pages ; 25 cm. Translation of: Umibe No Kafuka. / "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."-Publisher. Parent and child -- Fiction. Parents et enfants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION / Literary. Parent and child Runaway teenagers Magic realism (Literature) Fictional Work Psychological fiction. Action and adventure fiction Psychological fiction Fantasy fiction Fiction Mystery fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Fiction. Romans. Japan -- Fiction. Near fine, lacking dust jacket.
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf Publisher, New York, 2005.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5th printing. February 2005. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have light wear. corners are straight. bottom edges of pages have light pin pricks. head and fore-edge of book have very light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has light wear along edges. rear bottom corner of jacket fold has tiny crease.
Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition Stated. In beige boards with blue spine and gilt. Ding to top rear corner and some wear to edges, other corners and spine ends. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped with edgewear and some rubbing. 1st Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore A novel. Knopf, 2005.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Alfred A Knopf 2005. 1st American edition stated, no other printings mentioned. Hardcover 8vo 436 pgs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Price sticker on jacket rear. (Japan, Runaways, Fantasy, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
MURAKAMI, Haruki.. KAFKA ON THE SHORE.. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Advanced reader edition., 2005.
Price: US$66.44 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 436pp. A very good paperback copy. Uncorrected proof copy marked not for sale.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka On The Shore [uncorrected proof]. Alfred A. Knopf, New york, 2005.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 436, [1] pages. Advance reading copy / uncorrected proof. Faint evidence of pencil erasure top right first leaf. No inscriptions; no spine crease. 9.2 x 6.2 inches.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore [Advance Reader's Edition]. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Price: US$74.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Advance Reader's Edition of Uncorrected Proof in paperback. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine+ condition. "With KAFKA ON THE SHORE, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which has been acclaimed both here and around the world for its uncommon ambition and achievement, and whose still-growing popularity suggests that it will be read and admired for decades to come. 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. Extravagant in its accomplishment, KAFKA ON THE SHORE displays one of the world's truly great storytellers at the height of his powers." [publisher copy] "Not just a great Japanese writer but a great writer, period."--Los Angeles Times Book Review. Pristine paperback ARC w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no jacket as issued. A beautiful collectible copy of a typically handsome Knopf/Chip Kidd production.
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Jacket is in excellent condition and protected by a mylar cover. Bottom edge of spine is bumped and spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki; Gabriel, J. Philip. Kafka On The Shore. Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York, 2005.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sharp, nearly a grade higher. Small nicking to bottom edge affects two pages
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [5], 1-436, [6] pp. Quarter blue paper over cream paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. A faint blue stripe on the textblock, else Fine.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition stated, 436 pages. Other than a small faint stain on the lower edge, this is fine in book and jacket.
Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No markings. Stated First American Edition. $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket, in a protective cover.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition stated on verso of title page; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 436 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover
Seller: Hourglass Books, vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarto in illus jacket; 436 pages ; 25 cm. "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." â" Publisher. // Runaway teenagers -- Japan -- Fiction. Parent and child -- Fiction. Parents et enfants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Japanese fiction -- Translations into English. Magic realism (Literature) Fictional Work Psychological fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Fine in fine jacket with minor signs of use. A sharp, tight, clean copy. Jacket now housed in archival mylar. Faint discoloratoin to center portion paper stock (bindery flaw). Please refer to photographs.
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered spine, ivory paper-covered boards. 436 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2006 Franz Kafka Prize. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Novels in 2006.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first American edition of this intriguing book by Japans greatest current writer. This copy is clean and unmarked throughout and may be unread. The jacket is not price clipped and is bright and fresh showing virtually no wear. The jacket has been housed in a Brodart cover since new. A nice collectible copy. See our other listings for more great books by this author.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada