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Elephant Vanishes

the ELEPHANT VANISHES "he had a memory like an elephant, once he had some picky thing on you, he'd never let go" Author : Haruki Murakami Published : 1993 the Elephant Vanishes is a collection of  17 short stories written by the famous Haruki Murakami. I am so ambitious to read all of Murakami's work until I don't realize that I buy collection of short stories. I thought at first it is a novel. The reason why I'd rather to read Novel than short stories is I think Murakami's work can't be finished in several pages or it will be hangin' in the thick air. I love Murakami's that's why I demand longer write and usually his work is unbelievably surreal. In the Elephant Vanishes, Murakami of course being Murakami with his stronger surreal-mark. Among 17 short stories, what i love the most is not story about how Elephant vanishes into thin air, but "Family affair" Family affair told about two siblings, old