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| Title | : | The Elephant Vanishes |
| Author | : | Haruki Murakami |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 327 pages |
| Published | : | June 28th 1994 by Vintage (first published March 30th 1993) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Magical Realism |
Haruki Murakami
Paperback | Pages: 327 pages Rating: 3.86 | 37357 Users | 2378 Reviews
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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.Be Specific About Books Toward The Elephant Vanishes
| Original Title: | 象の消滅 短篇選集 1980-1991 |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 37357 Users | 2378 ReviewsArticle About Books The Elephant Vanishes
This is my new favourite book of all time. There, I said it. This short story collection is such a mind fuck and I am so glad that we discussed this at university because it broadened my horizon so much and nothing is the same ... and life is beautiful and I am pretty overwhelmed. I read The Elephant Vanishes in 2016 and didn't think much of it ... it was a good short story collection but I didn't properly engage with it. I read it within the span of two days and that was it. Oh, my sweet summer3.8The wind-up bird and Tuesday's women: ****The second bakery attack: *****The kangaroo communique: ***On seeing the 100% perfect girl one April morning: *****Sleep: *****The fall of the roman empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's invasion of Poland, and the realm of raging winds: **Lederhosen: ***Barn burning: ****The little green monster: ****Family affair: ***A window: ***TV people: *****A slow boat to China: ****The dancing dwarf: ****The last lawn of the afternoon: ***Silence: ***The
Haruki Murakami is a best-selling Japanese writer. His works include 1Q84, The Wind-up bird Chronicle, etc. which have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards. To date, I have been eyeing to read some of his latest works including this novel, The Elephant Vanishes. And now that I've finished this, I can't totally picture how I'm feeling right now, it's like I finally found my missing Tom cat for four(4) years while leaning over the edge of a boat and look down to the bottom of the sea
Haruki Murakami has always his own kinda flavor !Short stories, melancholic stories, mostly weird stories . I feel so submerged into his characters that sometimes its hard to remember that I'm not them. I don't listen to jazz in the morning with a can of bear, waking up next my partner & feel so lifeless ! But you know, then I'm here in the reality. Which is even weirder but in a less interesting way :(
One cloudy night in April, in a habitual relay of stalking the profiles of strangers on GR, I found The 100% Perfect Girl.To be truthful, she wasn't especially beautiful in her profile picture. Nor did any particular part of her profile jump out at me. Her bookshelves were all over the place, and she didn't seem to be that active on GR any more. She hadn't written many reviews either. However, the moment I clicked on 'Compare Books', I knew. She is The 100% Perfect Girl for me. When I saw that
This collection of 17 short stories are all geniusly written. They captivated me instantly from the TV guys who consistently make a haunting appearance in TV People to the housewife who no longer needs shut eye in Sleep, with The Elephant Vanishes concluding the chain of whimsical happenings ever-so vividly illustrated. Ive always felt a bit daunted going into short stories because reading them requires a certain type of reader. One who is able to remain completely absorbed by the story, taking
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