ISBN The Elephant Vanishes book English Paperback 336 pages

In the tales that make upThe Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display.

In these stories, 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, inThe Elephant VanishesMurakami crosses the border between separate realities—and comes back bearing remarkable treasures.

Includes the story “Barn Burning,” which is the basis for the major motion pictureBurning.

HARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J….