The Elephant Vanishes

The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1983 and 1990, and the collection's first English publication was in 1993. Several of the stories originally appeared (often with alternate translations) in the magazines The New Yorker, Playboy, and The Magazine (Mobil Corp.) before this compilation was published.

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Haruki Murakami - 1983 - 1990 - 1993 - The New Yorker - Playboy

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Stylistically and thematically, the collection aligns with Murakami's previous work. The stories mesh normality with surrealism, and focus on painful issues involving loss, accusation, destruction, confusion and solidarity. The title for the book is derived from the final story in the collection.

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