The Elephant Vanishes
Recommended by Susan J Napier, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #32 in Japanese, Ranked #35 in Story — see more rankings.
In these stories, 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. By turns haunting and hilarious, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities—and comes back bearing remarkable treasures less
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Susan J Napier Murakami is writer who creates wonderful visions the stranger aspects of our mundane world. Some people call him a magical realist; Murakami has our normal world being invaded by, by strange things. (Source)
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The Elephant Vanishes is ranked in the following categories:
- #91 in Asian
- #36 in Customs
- #99 in Magical Realism
- #86 in Short
- #46 in Short Stories
- #37 in Surrealism
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