具體描述
These are beautifully written stories, often funny, always moving."--Chicago Tribune With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. 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, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure. With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World , Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. 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, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure.
用戶評價
##酷暑難耐，村上筆下男女間的疏離與擰巴讀來更是憋悶。也不打雷，也不下雨。
評分##睡前故事每晚一篇 短篇真好！
評分##封麵換瞭。
評分##現代社會的孤獨及暢想，錶達睏難癥，緻敬雷濛卡佛
評分##像小口小口地喝一杯威士忌那樣緩慢地把這本書讀完瞭，讀到最後仿佛都能感覺到杯子裏的冰塊開始融化。喜歡再襲麵包店，那個割草坪的故事和象的消失
評分##A mixture of postmodern allegories with dirty realism. Jay Robin sucks the marrow out of Murakami, rendering the collection a shining quality found in Raymond Carver's stories. Good job.
評分##現代社會的孤獨及暢想，錶達睏難癥，緻敬雷濛卡佛
評分##Middle-class (usually middle-aged) people reflect upon misplaced desire. The several recurring names and symbols are interesting (e.x. Noboru Watanabe, elephant, people you met once but never cross paths again, etc.), which provide subtle links between the short stories.
評分##酷暑難耐，村上筆下男女間的疏離與擰巴讀來更是憋悶。也不打雷，也不下雨。
