The Elephant Vanishes (Panther S.) - Softcover

Murakami, Haruki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860468268 ISBN 13: 9781860468261

Publisher: Vintage, 2001

Synopsis

When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden' an insomniac wife wakes up to a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death. In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal. He has a deadpan genius for dislocating realities to uncover the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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Review

These are beautifully written stories, often funny, always moving. Chicago Tribune
Eerie, unsettling. . . . [A] wonderful combination of the bizarre and the mundane. Village Voice Literary Supplement
Charming, humorous and frequently puzzling . . . The Elephant Vanishes [is] fun to read. The New York Times
These stories show us Japan as it s experienced from the inside. . . . [They] take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces. . . . Even in the slipperiest of Mr. Murakami s stories, pinpoints of detail flash out . . . warm with life, hopelessly and wonderfully unstable. The New York Times Book Review
A stunning writer at work in an era of international literature. Newsday
Enchanting intriguing all of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone. Mr. Murakami has pulled off a tricky feat, writing stories about people who are bored but never boring. He left me lying awake at night, hungry for more. Wall Street Journal
The Elephant Vanishes, through [its] bold originality and charming surrealism, should win the author new readers in this country. Detroit Free Press"

"These are beautifully written stories, often funny, always moving." -Chicago Tribune

"Eerie, unsettling. . . . [A] wonderful combination of the bizarre and the mundane." -Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Charming, humorous and frequently puzzling . . . The Elephant Vanishes [is] fun to read." -The New York Times

"These stories show us Japan as it's experienced from the inside. . . . [They] take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces. . . . Even in the slipperiest of Mr. Murakami's stories, pinpoints of detail flash out . . . warm with life, hopelessly-and wonderfully-unstable." -The New York Times Book Review

"A stunning writer at work in an era of international literature." -Newsday

"Enchanting...intriguing...all of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone. Mr. Murakami has pulled off a tricky feat, writing stories about people who are bored but never boring. He left me lying awake at night, hungry for more." -Wall Street Journal

"The Elephant Vanishes, through [its] bold originality and charming surrealism, should win the author new readers in this country." -Detroit Free Press

Book Description

Urbanites looking for destiny find their lives intersecting with the unexpected.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1860468268
• ISBN 13: 9781860468261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336