(P/B) THE ELEPHANT VANISHES

Παρουσίαση

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 to 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. (From the publisher)

«Enchanting... inriguing... All of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone» (Wall Street Journal)
«All the stories take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces: secret alleys that afford unexpected -and unsettling- views» (New York Times)
«Most collections of short stories work by the interplay of different voices. This one offers the more satisfying rewards of a novel: unity of tone and a richness of recurring detail that creates its own texture: spaghetti, lawns, hamburgers, beer-drinking, kid sisters, Sunday afternoons, a man's name» (Independent)

Περιεχόμενα

- THE WIND-UP BIRD AND TUESDAY'S WOMEN
- THE SECOND BAKERY ATTACK
- THE KANGAROO COMMUNIQUE
- ON SEEING THE 100% PERFECT GIRL ONE BEAUTIFUL APRIL MORNING
- SLEEP
- THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE 1881 INDIAN UPRISING. HITLER'S INVASION OF POLAND, AND THE REALM OF RAGING WINDS
- LEDERHOSEN
- BARN BURNING
- THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER
- FAMILY AFFAIR
- A WINDOW
- TV PEOPLE
- A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
- THE DANCING DWARF
- THE LAST LAWN OF THE AFTERNOON
- THE SILENCE
- THE ELEPHANT VANISHES