The Elephant Vanishes, Haruki MurakamiWhen a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world of semi consciousness in which anything seems possible even death. In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal.

it is likely to have a wide impact on Western social theorists

including several of Che's personal diaries and

Kelly Grovier surveys the dynamic developments in art practice worldwide since 1989

the Catholic church

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hardworking

characters

and gentle wit

New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting pre-World War II Shanghai

Stacey Dash (Dionne)

Deftly exploring the twisting paths your mind can take when really made to think

guided by a succession of characters