"These are beautifully written stories, often funny, always moving." -
Chicago Tribune "Eerie, unsettling. . . . [A] wonderful combination of the bizarre and the mundane." -
Village Voice Literary Supplement "Charming, humorous and frequently puzzling . . .
The Elephant Vanishes [is] fun to read." -
The New York Times "These stories show us Japan as it's experienced from the inside. . . . [They] take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces. . . . Even in the slipperiest of Mr. Murakami's stories, pinpoints of detail flash out . . . warm with life, hopelessly-and wonderfully-unstable." -
The New York Times Book Review "A stunning writer at work in an era of international literature." -
Newsday "Enchanting...intriguing...all of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone. Mr. Murakami has pulled off a tricky feat, writing stories about people who are bored but never boring. He left me lying awake at night, hungry for more." -
Wall Street Journal "
The Elephant Vanishes, through [its] bold originality and charming surrealism, should win the author new readers in this country." -
Detroit Free Press