Kafka on the Shore
by Murakami, Haruki
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400043662
- ISBN 13
- 9781400043668
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into thirty-four languages, and the most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008017HM
- Title
- Kafka on the Shore
- Author
- Murakami, Haruki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400043662
- ISBN 13
- 9781400043668
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japanese Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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