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The Elephant Vanishes

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BookThe Elephant Vanishes
ImprintVintage International
PublisherVintage Books, Random House, Inc., Random House of Canada Limited
Translated byAlfred Birnbaum, Jay Rubin
Copyright HolderHaruki Murakami
Book Design byIris Weinstein
Cover Art byJohn Gall
Copyright Holder (Photos)Marion Ettlinger
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited States of America and Canada
First Paperback Printing1994
Pages / Font327 pages
ISBN0-679-75053-3
Barcode9780679750536
Library of Congress Classification NumberPL856.U673E44 19933 93-43493
Dewey Decimal Classification Number895.6'35-dc20
EAN 551400
Price$14.00 U.S.
Price$21.00 Can.
ChaptersThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Tuesday's Women (3) The Second Bakery Attack (35) The Kangaroo Communiqué (51) On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning (67) Sleep (73) The Fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's Invasion of Poland, and the Realm of Raging Winds (111) Lederhosen (119) Barn Burning (131) The Little Green Monster (151) Family Affair (157) A Window (187) TV People (195) A Slow Boat to China (217) The Dancing Dwarf (241) The Last Lawn of the Afternoon (267) The Silence (291) The Elephant Vanishes (307)
NotesSome of the stories in this collection originally appeared in the following publications: The Magazine (Mobil Corp.): "The Fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's Invasion of Poland, and the Realm of Raging Winds" (in a previous translation; translated in this volume by Alfred Birnbaum), The New Yorker: "TV People" and "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Tuesday's Women" (translated by Alfred Birnbaum), "The Elephant Vanishes" and "Sleep" (translated by Jay Rubin), and "Barn Burning" (in a previous translation; translated in this volume by Alfred Birnbaum) Playboy: "The Second Bakery Attack" (translated by Jay Rubin, January 1992).
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