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| Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst | | 80 | dcozy, Yesterday 5:32pm | |
| Book talk : A Fun Book Game - Part II | | 390 | rolandperkins, Tuesday 10:45pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : cameling's reading list for 2009 _ take 2 | | 339 | alcottacre, Friday 4:07am | |
| Club Read 2009 : Cariola's 2009 Reading | | 325 | Cariola, December 2009 | |
| Short Stories : All Time Favorite Short Story | | 65 | kennychaffin, December 2009 | |
| Club Read 2009 : INTRODUCTIONS | | 275 | jaseD, December 2009 | |
| Hard-Boiled Wonderland : The Peter Cat Bar - The Introduce Yourself Thread | | 10 | ThereseW, December 2009 | |
| Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : What Are You Reading Or Have Just Finished. | | 228 | vpfluke, December 2009 | |
| Book talk : A Silly Book game - Part 13 | | 300 | justjim, November 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 17, 2009? | | 184 | PaperbackPirate, October 2009 | |
| Book talk : Books for on planes? | | 10 | fairywings, October 2009 | |
| Short Stories : Favorite Short Story Collections/Anthologies | | 46 | ScanningDarkly, October 2009 | |
| 999 Challenge : alchemii's 999 challenge | | 31 | alchemii, September 2009 | |
| Art is Life : What are you currently reading? | | 262 | Naren559, August 2009 | |
| Book talk : New to Murakami. | | 4 | jnwelch, June 2009 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : 4,000 Books Registered (Oh My!) | | 20 | freelunch, June 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 | | 201 | nannybebette, May 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Short Story Collections | | 29 | avaland, March 2009 | |
| Short Stories : Currently reading... | | 56 | timjones, January 2009 | |
| 999 Challenge : Suggestions for my new-to-me authors category? | | 12 | TheOnlyMe, January 2009 | |
| Literary Snobs : What are you reading?--Final Quarter/2008 (post a review if you like) | | 189 | CliffBurns, January 2009 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: December 2008 | | 72 | freelunch, December 2008 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Hello, and Books dcozy has read, is reading, and will read in 2008 | | 114 | dcozy, December 2008 | |
| Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Message Board | | 181 | elbgwn, December 2008 | |
| SFFWorld : Hi Everyone | | 25 | arthurfrayn, November 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? | | 355 | stevetempo, November 2008 | |
| Someone explain it to me... : Haruki Murakami | | 6 | bardsfingertips, November 2008 | |
| Book talk : Another Silly Game, part 14 | | 360 | hemlokgang, October 2008 | |
| Book talk : Honeymoon Reading | | 8 | SqueakyChu, October 2008 | |
| Book talk : Modern Love Story Fiction? | | 11 | ToReadToNap, May 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8 March 2008 | | 187 | Storeetllr, March 2008 | |
| The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, Part IV | | 161 | littlebookworm, March 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 March 2008 | | 180 | karogers, March 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 February 2008 | | 148 | kmbooklover, February 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 February 2008 | | 148 | GreyHead, February 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : tiffany's 50 book challenge | | 4 | tiffany, January 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 | | 147 | thioviolight, October 2007 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy Today? September 2007 Edition | | 35 | torontoc, September 2007 | |
| Book talk : Short Story Collections - Short Period of Reading Times | | 21 | avaland, August 2007 | |
| Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2007 | | 123 | cestovatela, July 2007 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : What's the worst that could happen? | | 22 | footbinding, July 2007 | |
| Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Reading Group--Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto | | 83 | RobinsonP, April 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8/5/06 | | 101 | sarathena1, August 2006 | |
... be a character in any book, I would definitely be Piya.
I also simply adore some of the stories in Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes. I'd have to pick that book as my favorite ever book of short stories. ... World and The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
Dance Dance Dance, The Elephant Vanishes and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami; if 1Q84 is published in English this year I'll certainly read it ASAP
The Three-Cornered ... ... : I am in the process of reading Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and it's a really fun memoir. The Elephant Vanishes isn't his latest, but I've been wanting to read it and waited till it came out in paperback.
I like Hornsby too and I saw his latest out but ... ... today, just before heading back to start packing, and picked up the following books:
Tanamera by Noel Barber
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Footprints in the Sand by Sarah Challis
Through a Glass, Darkly by Jo ... The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami >300, Theatre de Complicite are great! I saw their production of Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes a few years ago. "Why do you think we're both so hungry?"
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
"I was just thinking about heading over with the fixings for the oyster hot pot, okay?" "Had an accident last month. Was riding on the back of someone's bicycle and got thrown off."
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
"What about if she had four breasts?" ... on LT I still don't understand how to do. These tips help.
Finished William Gibson's Burning Chrome and now reading The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami. It's all got me feeling somewhat otherworldly!
... book of short stories by Haruki Murakami, a contemporary Japanese novelist who is very easy to read. Start with The Elephant Vanishes. Both my (23-year-old) daughter and I have favorite stories in that book. Warning: You may get hooked on this author! :)
The trip to both Japan ... Hello, and welcome to LibraryThing,
My very favorite of Murakami is his book of short stories called The Elephant Vanishes. The book of Murakami's with which most people are familiar and which they seem to like the best is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Kafka on the Shore is another very ... and book #4500 is The Elephant Vanishes :) ... of His Rival, is Interrupted by a Knock on the Door” - Men and Cartoons - Jonathan Lethem
"The Family Affair" - The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
“Brownies” - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - Z.Z. Packer
That should get you started... :) ... Bird Chronicle. I think that's a good place to begin although my favorite book of his is a book of short stories called The Elephant Vanishes. ... Murakami. I believe he is the most popular contemporary Japanese author. Start with a book of his short stories such as The Elephant Vanishes to see if you like his writing style. The move on to his novels. They're easy to read, but tend to be a bit odd.
Banana Yoshimoto is also a ... i just found out about this website a few days ago and when i saw the 999 challenge i knew i had to be a part of it. i don't think the challenge is so much in reading the books as in narrowing it down to which books you will read! i'm having a hard time picking nine categories but figured i can ... ... childhood pal. it arrived in the post this morning. I nabbed it from the Oz VBB.
Freelunch - I can't believe I missed The elephant vanishes on the Oz VBB! Having said that Affinity is one of the best Sarah Waters books I have read. If I come across another copy, I'll send it your way ... #4: Did the Murakami bender myself (all I have left is The Elephant Vanishes and a few stories in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman), though Pinball, 1973 came from the library here. Can't fathom shelling out a few hundred dollars (or even a thousand dollars) for that little thing! ... serve to finance her endless and costly foreign adventures. Good bit more humor than in the 3rd volume too.
Started the elephant vanishes - Murakami managed to turn the first, quite short, story into the longish (excellent) novel The windup bird chronicle!
The Elephant Vanishes:Stories by Haruki Murakami....I feel like a cheat with this one. ... read the short story which it was based on. I believe it was called 'The Wind-up Bird and Tuesday's Woman' and collected in The Elephant Vanishes.
I've also heard a few people claiming Sputnik Sweetheart to be their favourite Murakami. The thing is, once you get over all these preferences WI ... ... pops into my mind (which I read to my husband as we were traveling somewhere in our car) was "The 100% Perfect Girl' in The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami.
Men and Cartoons is a book by by Jonathan Lethem which has some very off-beat stories, most quite good. I absolutely ... ... discerning readers. Thus I have sent myself to read through as much of his oeuvre as I can get my hands on (in English). The Elephant Vanishes is a piece of that quest, and, like all but the very finest collections of short stories, it seems to me a mixed bag: some of the stories are superb, ... ... discerning readers. Thus I have sent myself to read through as much of his oeuvre as I can get my hands on (in English). The Elephant Vanishes is a piece of that quest, and, like all but the very finest collections of short stories, it seems to me a mixed bag: some of the stories are superb, ... And some more:
Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
While I do love Norwegian Wood, I usually suggest people start with his short story collection The Elephant Vanishes. Assuming the reader doesn't loathe short stories, they're accessible, fulfilling, and if you do end up disliking them you tend not to feel you've wasted as much time. --> 1
If you're not sure about trying Murakami's novels, mixtmarshall, sample some of this author's writing in The Elephant Vanishes, one of my favorite books of short stories. ... a TAKS test today) and stopped in at Half-Price Books. I got Half a Life and Sweet Hereafter in hardback, as well as The Elephant Vanishes and Club Dumas. I also ordered five from Amazon and am expecting one ordered last week. Obsession, anyone?
Edited to TRY to fix touchstones. ... 5 stars yet this year, the closest is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
I did, however, give Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes short story collection full marks, and Raymond Carver's personal selection of his stories Where I'm Calling From, which I started last year and ... #27
I loved The Elephant Vanishes too. Haruki Murakami's stature as a writer increases for me with each book of his I read. ... 2/3 of the way through Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco and have a couple of stories left in Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes. I listen to unabridged audiobooks and have reached disc 10 of 18 in David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas The smallest room has Charlie Brooker's Sc ... ... more satisfying and transcendent. I guess I'm trying to lower your expectations so that you enjoy more than I did!
Loved Elephant Vanishes and the non-fiction novel he did about the terrorist attacks on the Japanese subway system (Underground), however. #131 & #133: Murakami is also one of my favorites! I have a copy of The Elephant Vanishes too, but it's still in my TBR pile as of now. =) Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James ... reading the copy of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw I acquired whilst in Rome.
My short story collection is The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami. I'm also indulging in something Italian, Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
I'm also continuing with The Elephant Vanishes and Screen Burn and will probably finish my audiobook ofThe Road on my way home from the office this evening.
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I simply loved The Elephant Vanishes. It took me forever to finish that book because I never wanted to finish reading his stores. I always wanted there to be more that I could read. When I was done, my college-age daughter quickly appropriated my book. That book (along with the ... ... and the two books in post 20 and have now moved onto my first collection by the Japanese master Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes. On the basis of the first couple of stories, which I read last night, his shorter fiction is up to the very high standards of his novels.
I've just started my first collection of Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes. Started two books in the last 24 hours:
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami - my first collection of short stories by the Japanese master and, based on the two I have read so far, as wonderfully surreal and sweet as his novels. Give this man the Nobel Prize now! I chose this thanks ... ... Dark), for fear of finishing everything he's written. I do own copies of Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Norwegian Wood, and The Elephant Vanishes though. --> 81
...and my favorite stories from The Elephant Vanishes are “The Window", "The Family Affair" and "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One April Morning". ... Murakami. Did you know that today is his 59th birthday?! My favorite book of his is a collection of short stories called The Elephant Vanishes. My daughter appropriated my copy of that book! :-(
I've also read Kitchen and liked it a lot. ... Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
29. Joe College by Tom Perrotta
30. The Worry Cure by Robert Leahy
31. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
32. The Phonological Structure of Words by Colin J. Ewen and Harry van der Hulst
33. Straight Man by Richard Russo
34 ... ... International Book Fair:
M is for Magic, by Neil Gaiman
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes, by Haruki Murakami
... International Book Fair:
M is for Magic, by Neil Gaiman
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes, by Haruki Murakami
... in The Lottery.
Haruki Murakami has a few collections of short stories including After the Quake : stories and The Elephant Vanishes.
So that gives you an Argentinian author, an American and a Japanese author. Good variety. :) Disappointed at the sight of the empty Elephant cage, I left that nameless Japanese city because of an Awful Mess on Via Merulana. ... period in my life. I've read all of his books, except for Dance Dance Dance, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and The Elephant Vanishes.
BTW, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, near the UC Berkeley campus, will be featuring a play based on After the Quake this fall (Oct 12 to Nov 25). Right now I'm halfway through The Elephant Vanishes. Next up on the fiction front are:
Yasunari Kawabata, The Old Capital (the touchstone link with that phrase gives me a book on Korean history...)
William Gaddis, JR
Vergil, The Aeneid
Hermann Broch, The Death of Virgil
Carlo Levi, C ... ... by William Shakespeare
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark
We All Die Alone by Mark Newgarden
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami I have read about 75% of his works. I must say I like The Elephant Vanishes the most. It has the insomniac, Anna Karenina-reading woman right? I love that short story.
Sputnik Sweetheart? I'm not so crazy about that one. ... and Kafka on the Shore I just finished A Wild Sheep Chase last night, I don't know how I feel about it yet!
I liked the elephant vanishes the least, but I still liked it. ... and Kafka on the Shore I just finished A Wild Sheep Chase last night, I don't know how I feel about it yet!
I liked the elephant vanishes the least, but I still liked it. ... for me as well, but i let it fall into the surreal thinking part of my brain, instead of the literal. as i write this, the elephant vanishes is waiting for me to finish it off; shouldn't be more than another hour or so. i am incredibly impressed with his writing, and plan to work my way ... Haven't read Ryu Murakami...want to, though. Can't wait to hear what you think of the short stories in The Elephant Vanishes.
By the way, are Yoshimoto's novels more memorable than her short stories?
Why do you think reading Yoshimoto is so popular in Japan?
... by reading some of his short stories. They'll give you a taste of how he writes. My favorite book of short stories is The Elephant Vanishes. Some of his longer novels (The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore) tend to be a bit surrealistic. I like that kind of writing, but not ... ... while he was driving our family to the beach this past summer.
My favorite short story is also from the same book, The Elephant Vanishes. It is "A Family Affair".
My daughter's favorite short story is *also* from that same book. It's the story entitled "The Green Monster".
It's ... "100% Perfect Girl" by Haruki Murakami from The Elephant Vanishes. "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease" by Jonathan Safran Foer from the Best American Non-Required Reading 2003. Lorrie Moore and Margaret Atwood have plenty, but I can't seem pick any one in particular. My favorite book is The Elephant Vanishes. There are some *great* short stories in there. My daughter took my copy of this book for her permanent collection. Her favorite story was "The Little Green Monster". Mine was "A Family Affair".
I got hooked on this author after reading The Wind-up ... ... book.
Norwegian Wood is probably an easier entry point for most people. Also an excellent book.
I was floored by the elephant vanishes. The scope of his writing really impressed me. I felt that some stories could called realist while others were clearly unreal. ... remains my favourite till today. I liked Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and after the quake but didn't care much for The Elephant Vanishes. I liked Kafka on the Shore but I thought the second-half of the book dragged on far far too longer than it should have.
I actually have all his ... ... remains my favourite till today. I liked Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and after the quake but didn't care much for The Elephant Vanishes. I liked Kafka on the Shore but I thought the second-half of the book dragged on far far too longer than it should have.
I actually have all his ... ... send it to the next in line. I can give you more information about BookCrossing if you'd like. The second book I had was The Elephant Vanishes and my daughter appropriated it for her permanent collection even before I finished it!!! I really loved some of the shorts stories in that ... ... for 2 years and has been to 22 different readers!
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1416369
My daughter appropriated The Elephant Vanishes, the last Murakami book I finished, for her own personal collection. Sorry...
Shortly, I will begin another Murakami book called Kafka on the Shor ... hippietrail, I just finished reading The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami. I had been reading these stories over a long period of time and decided to read the last two stories today as my daughter wants to keep this book. Which stories did you like best?
"The Little Green Monster" is ... I'm 2/3 or so the way through Murakami's short sotries, After the Quake. Not as good as The Elephant Vanishes.
on Murakami, I enjoyed immensely The Elephant Vanishes but I'm finding After the Quake less exciting.
The freshest, most imaginitive, most original short stories I've read in years though were Victor Pelevin's The Blue Lantern.
Anyone up for some great short stories?
Try some of these books:
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (Thai) ... and, no, these stories are *not* about prostitutes, sex, or ...
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