I ’M IN THE KITCHEN cooking spaghetti when the woman calls. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE 1881 INDIAN UPRISING, HITLER’S INVASION OF POLAND, AND THE REALM OF RAGING WINDS ON SEEING THE 100% PERFECT GIRL ONE BEAUTIFUL APRIL MORNING “The Elephant Vanishes, through bold originality and charming surrealism, should win the author new readers in this country.” Reading The Elephant Vanishes leaves you wanting more.” “What’s unique to Murakami’s stories is that they manage to kindle up all sorts of feelings at once…. He left me lying awake at night, hungry for more.” Murakami has pulled off a tricky feat, writing stories about people who are bored but never boring. “Enchanting … intriguing … all of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone. “Murakami is one of the great Japanese masters, and his style is sexy, funny, mysterious, and always coolly deadpan.” “A stunning writer at work in an era of international literature.” Murakami’s stories, pinpoints of detail flash out … warm with life, hopelessly - and wonderfully - unstable.”
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