Its about a 15 year old boy who runs away from home and a old man who can apparently talk to cats. The storytelling is not linear and it feels like you are reading two different stories alternatingly. But as you progress on with it, they start to intertwine
It has a blend of reality, history and magic realism with themes of melancholy, longing, love and loneliness.
The story is honestly a cluster of riddles and author does not provide answer to all of them. But along the way author is able to deliver his message to the readers. Its a book that will make you think.
Its not for everyone as other may find author's styles very confusing and unrealistic and his way is somewhat unconventional. But for me, those are the reasons why I like this book
The whole plot point and the development is amazing. There were moments where you feel a bit slacking for a chapter but anyway. For sometime you'll have meaningless feeling for this world and will definitely dive into a bit of spirituality and continuesly ruminate about the boy, Nakata and the whole setup. So it was nice journey to be on and I hope you'll like the book too.