BookRags study guides and summaries work through novels by Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, including Kafka on the Shore and The Autumn of the Patriarch, both presented as nonfiction essays and analysis. A summary of A Storm of Swords, an epic fantasy adventure, sits alongside them. The Kafka on the Shore guide looks at the surreal coming-of-age story's themes, characters, dreams and recurring symbols, with students and book clubs in mind.