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    <![CDATA[Der Elefant verschwindet]]>
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    <![CDATA[With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels <em>A Wild Sheep Chase</em> and <em>Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World</em>, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newly-wed 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.<br/><br/>By turns haunting and hilarious, <em>The Elephant Vanishes</em> is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Wie ich eines schönen Morgens im April das 100%ige Mädchen sah.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Schlaf]]>
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    <![CDATA[ Krankhafte (im Speziellen japanische) Angepasstheit und die Absurdität banaler, alltäglicher Vorgänge sind Leitthemen in Haruki Murakamis Werk. Auch die Heldin von <em>Schlaf</em> leidet unter der starren Routine ihres wohlgeordneten Daseins. Und sie beginnt zu hinterfragen und sperrt sich innerlich, ausgelöst durch eine Art Insomnie, dagegen. Plötzlich stößt sie das friedliche Gesicht ihres eingenickten Ehemanns ab. Selbst den Beischlaf vollzieht sie, ohne geistig anwesend zu sein: Die einst gleichermaßen körperliche sowie emotionale Vereinigung wird ein rein mechanischer Akt. Überhaupt reduziert sich jede Alltagshandlung auf ihren Zweck als Rädchen im funktionierenden Getriebe des „Apparats“ Ehefrau. Zunehmend verfällt die Dreißigjährige dem Sog einer zweiten Existenz, gibt sich Cognac trinkend nächtlichen Leseexzessen hin (bezeichnenderweise Tolstois <em>Anna Karenina</em>) und entfernt sich allmählich vom normalen Leben ...<p>  Für ihre „eigenwillige“ Bildästhetik ihrer Illustrationen nahm Kat Menschik schon den Troisdorfer Bilderbuchpreis entgegen. In <em>Schlaf</em> erweitern ihre 20 ganzseitige Zeichnungen die auf hochwertigem Papier gedruckte Erzählung des japanischen Großmeisters um eine visuelle Ebene. Text und Bild verschmelzen so perfekt miteinander, dass die traumartige, latent bedrohliche Stimmung auf den Leser überschwappt. Harte Kontraste, ein strikter Farbcode, beschränkt auf Dunkelblau und Silber, morbide Motive wie weit aufgerissene Augen: ein wenig erinnert das an Stanley Kubricks Vorgehen bei seinen – allerdings filmischen – Romanadaptionen. Eindringlicher könnte man die schleichenden psychischen Veränderungen der Protagonistin nicht darstellen.<p>  Wie immer im Falle Murakamis werden sich trotzdem die Geister scheiden – allein das Ende sorgt gewiss für Polarisierungen. Hinzu kommen die Bildkomponente und die Tatsache, dass es sich zwar um eine charakteristische, nicht jedoch um eine besonders skurrile, ja: nicht einmal um eine neue Erzählung handelt (entnommen ist sie dem Band <em>Der Elefant verschwindet</em> von 1995). Aber für bibliophile Murakami-Liebhaber ist <em>Schlaf</em> dennoch ein rauschendes Fest der Sinne. Tun Sie es der Protagonistin gleich: Machen Sie sich einen einsamen Abend mit diesem abgründigen Buch, fassen Sie es bedächtig an – und lassen Sie sich von Haruki Murakami hypnotisieren. <em> -- Fenja Wambold</em></p></p>]]>
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