Elephant Vanishes The

A collection that features such stories as 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 and more. p>b>A dizzying short story collection that displays Murakami's genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary/b>br>b>br>*Featuring the story ‘Barn Burning’, the inspiration behind the Palme d’Or nominated film i>Burning/i>*/b>br>br>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. br>br>b>In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal./b>/p>...See More