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The elephant vanishes / Haruki Murakami

By:

Murakami, Haruki, (, 1949-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Vintage International , 1993Edition: 1st edDescription: 327 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780679750536

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC MUR

LOC classification:

PL856.U673 E44 1993

Contents:

Summary: 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, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities--and comes back bearing remarkable treasures

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015819

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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, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities--and comes back bearing remarkable treasures

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