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The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
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The Elephant Vanishes

by Haruki Murakami

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  benskinner | Nov 4, 2009 |
Murakami showcases the prenultimate short story. I actually enjoyed these more than his full length novels.Interestingly, the same names appear ... so one is given a glimpse of his novel's characters outside of their novels. The first story is excerpted from Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. And if you haven't read this yet, well, I guess you will want to after having read this anthology! ( )
  screamingbanshee | Oct 1, 2009 |
It’s a collection of 17 short stories mostly describing the ordinary lives of people of twenty five to thirty something, into which in some cases permeate bits and pieces of what seems to be other dimensions of reality. Those interferences are all invasive and they radically change the characters’ lives.
Not bad, no Murakami is ever bad, but I don’t think short stories are his real forte. Most of the stories seem to be more of the stepping stones into his novels anyway. ( )
  Niecierpek | Aug 16, 2009 |
More hit than miss, but not many bullseyes either. Haruki Murakami's collection of short stories is a must for fans of the Japanese author (myself included), but probably not a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn why he seems to have attracted a legion of dedicated followers. The usual ingredients of Murakami's novels are all here, but in too brief a form to be anywhere near as captivating. ( )
  gward101 | Jul 7, 2009 |
  JudithPiBu | Feb 26, 2009 |
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I'm in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when the woman calls.
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Canonical titleThe Elephant Vanishes
Original publication date1993
First wordsI'm in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when the woman calls.
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collection of short stories

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679750533, Paperback)

With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald's in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard.

By turns haunting and hilarious, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400)

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