The Elephant Vanishes
by Haruki Murakami
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679420576
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420576
- Seller
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Davis, California, United States
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About This Item
Book: As New condition. No marks or entries, no page toning, The boards and spine are firm and tight. The book lies flat, plumb, and square and board tips are free of any rubs or bends (photo).
From Wikipedia:
The Elephant Vanishes (象の消滅, Zō no shōmetsu) is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and published in Japan in various magazines, then collections. The contents of this compilation were selected by Gary Fisketjon (Murakami's editor at Knopf) and first published in an English translation in 1993 (its Japanese counterpart was released later in 2005). Several of the stories had already appeared (often with alternate translations) in the magazines The New Yorker, Playboy, and The Magazine (Mobil Corp.) before this compilation was published.
Stylistically and thematically, the collection aligns with Murakami's previous work. The stories mesh normality with surrealism and focus on painful issues involving loss, destruction, confusion, and loneliness. The title of the book is derived from the final story in the collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Logos Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 492
- Title
- The Elephant Vanishes
- Author
- Haruki Murakami
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 clothbound hardcover, silver titling on front bord & spine
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679420576
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420576
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 327
- Size
- 6" x 8.5"
- Keywords
- Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare & Collectable;
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