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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Elephant Vanishes: Stories" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028135m/9555.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9555.The_Elephant_Vanishes_Stories?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Elephant Vanishes: Stories</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3354.Haruki_Murakami">Haruki Murakami</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6101525?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>I'm a huge fan of Murakami. This short story compilation was what hooked me (thanks Hannah!). If you love it, read "Wind up Bird Chronicles" next and then "Kafka on the Shore". I think those two are the best but I had a dispute about it once with a bookseller in Barnes and Noble who felt that his earlier work was his best. I liked "Norwegian Wood" and "Sputnik Sweetheart" but I feel his later work (aforementioned) was more fully realized. See for yourself. His recent short story compilation was good too but I liked "The Elephant Vanishes" best. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/373300?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>