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The Elephant Vanishes
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Book - 1994 | First Vintage International edition
Includes the story "Barn Burning" which is now the basis for the major motion picture Burning
In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes , the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display.
In these stories, 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, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities--and comes back bearing remarkable treasures
In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes , the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display.
In these stories, 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, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities--and comes back bearing remarkable treasures
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Publisher:
New York : Vintage Internationsl, [1994], c1993
Edition:
First Vintage International edition
ISBN:
9780679750536
Branch Call Number:
F MUR NVD
Characteristics:
327 pages ; 21 cm
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In these stories, 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 he... Read More »
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Add a CommentI have read almost all of Murakami's e-books and I found them to be uniformly well written. He is a good story teller. However, I was not too enchanted with this collection of short stories. A few of them were very good, but the majority really were not that interesting. I gave it a rating of 2 out of 5
5 stars for The Second Bakery Attack. Love it!
My favorite of Murakami short story collections. A wide range of stuff. Some you might call microfiction, some longer pieces. A great intro to his work.