The release date for the English version of 'The Elephant Vanishes' by
Haruki Murakami is Jun 1994. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
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Haruki Murakami makes this collection of tales a deliberate attack on the ordinary with the same deadpan madness and gift for dislocation that he brought to his critically acclaimed books A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. A newlywed couple has episodes of extreme hunger that force them to rob a McDonald's in the middle of the night; a guy watches his beloved elephant disappear into thin air; and a young lady finds herself attracted to a little green monster that burrows up through her lawn.
The Elephant Vanishes is another evidence of Murakami's ability to traverse the boundary between several worlds and return with treasure. It is at once frightening and humorous.