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Elephant Vanishes

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This collection of stories exposes Japan as it is experienced from the inside. The stories take place in parallel worlds, not so much remote from normal life as hidden beneath its surface.

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A dizzying short story collection that displays Murakami’s genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary

*Featuring the story ‘Barn Burning’, the inspiration behind the Palme d’Or nominated film Burning*

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 in 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.

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Weight 0.234 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

327

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

895.635 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K