“The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami may be his best collection of short stories. The 17 surreal tales collected in this volume achieve a remarkable balance between strange whimsy and serious philosophy, never being either too dark or too silly. Newlyweds rob fast food shops, little green aliens fall in love with earth women, and, of course, elephants vanish. Fans of Murakami’s popular novels should immediately pick up a copy, but this collection’s appeal also makes it a good read for fans of Kafka, Camus, David Foster Wallace, and other wildly inventive authors.” —Bookpeople of Moscow
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The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
November 2, 2010