The Elephant Vanishes
Author | : Haruki Murakami |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 2011-10-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781448103713 |
ISBN-13 | : 1448103711 |
Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.