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The Elephant Vanishes (象の消滅, Zō no shōmetsu) is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and published in Japan in various magazines, then collections.
- Haruki Murakami
- 1993
1 de mar. de 1993 · By turns haunting and hilarious, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure.
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10 de nov. de 1991 · The Elephant Vanishes. By Haruki Murakami. November 10, 1991. Illustration by Jillian Tamaki. When the elephant disappeared from our town’s elephant house, I read about it in the newspaper. My...
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES “Charming, humorous and frequently puzzling … The Elephant Vanishes [is] fun to read. “ — The New York Times “These stories show us Japan as it’s experienced from the inside…. [They] take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces…. Even in the slipperiest
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.
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A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed 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.
Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and symbols of The Elephant Vanishes, a short story by Haruki Murakami. Explore the historical and literary context, the magical realism genre, and the author's biography.
