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These are beautifully written stories, often funny, always moving."--Chicago Tribune With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. 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, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure. With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World , Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. 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, 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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##像小口小口地喝一杯威士忌那样缓慢地把这本书读完了，读到最后仿佛都能感觉到杯子里的冰块开始融化。喜欢再袭面包店，那个割草坪的故事和象的消失
##比起村上的长篇 更喜欢他的短篇 他的other world是很能让人为之感动的 英文翻译的非常美 读到最后一页鸡皮疙瘩都起来了 i feel me i feel自己有时是消失的饲养员 有时是消失的大象
##读英文版就是个错误
##Fav: A Slow Boat to China; Family Affair; A Window; Lederhosen
##最感人的应该是同名短篇里大象和饲养员那种相依为命的感情。不过村上笔下的男女总有一种"我不懂爱我不幸福可是我也不难过我就这么活到老也没问题”的感觉，读起来真是难受
##比起村上的长篇 更喜欢他的短篇 他的other world是很能让人为之感动的 英文翻译的非常美 读到最后一页鸡皮疙瘩都起来了 i feel me i feel自己有时是消失的饲养员 有时是消失的大象
##读英文版就是个错误
##酷暑难耐，村上笔下男女间的疏离与拧巴读来更是憋闷。也不打雷，也不下雨。
故事都很好，适合晚上静静地读。