false 9555 26 With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels <i>A Wild Sheep Chase</i> and <i>Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World</i>, 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, <i>The Elephant Vanishes</i> is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure. 693417 book 1993 The Elephant Vanishes: Stories total:4312|5:1156|4:1918|3:1050|2:162|1:26| 4312 16952 5831 307 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 4 12 false Tue Jun 24 06:43:52 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 07 17:40:39 -0700 2009 seriously due for a re-read.

Not only was the book amazing (I truly believe he can do no wrong), but one of my best friends and I saw an actual play of this several years ago at Lincoln Center. We had seats in the very fron...more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 2 false Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 01:55:23 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 02:24:05 -0800 2008
Every protagonist in Murakami's books (though, I've only read this and 'Norwegian Wood') are apathetic. They just float through their lives, never really caring about what is happening, or if there is anything they can do to fix it.
I think to some readers this could be qu...more...]]> 9556 0099448750 9780099448754 149 26 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028136m/9556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9556.The_Elephant_Vanishes 3 2 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 05:12:14 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 11:22:01 -0700 2007 Haruki Murakami? He is famous, both in Japan and abroad, although in the States those who know him tend to be Literary Hipsters who are interested in Asia. He writes novels and short stories, although his novels tend to be a bit disjointed and episodic, hinged like a Jacob's l...more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 1 false Sun Oct 26 09:42:31 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 18:09:17 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 09:42:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 2 false Wed Jun 27 10:54:53 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 11:00:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Apr 15 23:47:32 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 23:50:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 4 0 true Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:24:48 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:27:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 0 false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 08:57:59 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 09:14:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 0 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 23:12:38 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 20:34:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 3 0 false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 07:56:26 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 21:03:09 -0800 2008
I finished the Elephant Vanishes, and like after completing any volume of writing, the work begins to be digested, slowly, and random thoughts culled during the reading come more precisely into view.

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This collection of stories walks a fine line between the best...more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 21:45:29 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 22:00:28 -0800 2008 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 4 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 02:55:40 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 06:32:24 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 3 1 false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 14:29:34 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 14:32:48 -0700 2008 9556 0099448750 9780099448754 149 26 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028136m/9556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9556.The_Elephant_Vanishes 5 1 false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 11:17:07 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 01:11:28 -0700 2009 Whether its how our imposed conceptions blind us ...more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 2 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 10:06:34 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:44:14 -0700 2009
Pros: I love...more...]]> 9555 0679750533 9780679750536 4097 273 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories 5 0 false Tue Apr 21 22:50:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:43:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6216281