The Elephant Vanishes: Haruki Murakami

Synopsis

A dizzying short story collection that displays murakami's genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary*featuring the story ‘barn burning’, the inspiration behind the palme d’or nominated film burning*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.