
The Elephant Vanishes
Book - 2003
In these haunting, hilarious stories Murakami once again makes a determined assault on the normal. A man's favourite elephant simply vanishes; a couple suffering midnight hunger pangs hold up a McDonalds; and a woman finds she is irresistible to a green monster that burrows through her garden.
Publisher:
London : Vintage, 2003.
Branch Call Number:
FICTION
Characteristics:
327 p. ;,20 cm.
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Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf; London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993.


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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.