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050	0	0	_aPL856.U673 _bE44 1993
082	1		_aFIC MUR _2
100	1		_aMurakami, Haruki _d(, 1949-)
245	1	4	_aThe elephant vanishes _c/ Haruki Murakami
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Vintage International _c, 1993
300			_a327 p. _c; 21 cm.
505	0	0	_aThe wind-up bird and Tuesday's women -- The second bakery attack -- The kangaroo communique -- On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning -- Sleep -- The fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's invasion of Poland, and the realm of raging winds -- Lederhosen -- Barn burning -- The little green monster -- Family affair -- A window -- TV people -- A slow boat to China -- The dancing dwarf -- The last lawn of the afternoon -- The silence -- The elephant vanishes.
520			_aIn 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
546			_aTranslated from the Japanese to English
650		4	_aShort stories
651		4	_aJapan _x-Social life and customs _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c233812 _d233812