El elefante desaparece

El elefante desaparece

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  • Create Date:2022-05-21 01:53:09
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Haruki Murakami
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Summary

Un hombre que se obsesiona con la insólita y misteriosa desaparición del elefante de un zoológico, un abogado desempleado que recibe el encargo de su mujer de encontrar a su gato, una pareja de recién casados que deciden atracar un McDonald’s en plena noche, una curiosa digresión sobre los canguros, un enano diabólico que baila, un joven empeñado en burlarse de su futuro cuñado, un pirómano confeso。。。 Los protagonistas de todos los relatos que componen este volumen esperan algo。 Un accidente, un hecho azaroso。 Al contrario que esta obra, donde nada, absolutamente nada, queda al azar。 Alternando páginas inquietantes e hilarantes, El elefante desaparece es una prueba más de la capacidad de Murakami para cruzar la frontera entre lo cotidiano más realista y lo fantástico, transformando así la trivialidad de nuestras vidas。 Una maravillosa muestra del talento narrativo de Murakami que nos abre las puertas a otras realidades y nos lleva de la mano a mundos fantásticos。

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Reviews

Anthony Senanayake

The short stories in this anthology offer glimpses into the unique writing style of the author。 Unfortunately, for most of the stories, I found either that the climax was lost or that the core purpose of the stories did not register。 Murakami's deadpan style, fantastic surrealism combined with dreary reality is evident in these stories。 However, very rarely did I find myself deeply connecting with the characters and caring about what would happen to them。 For most of these stories, I would have The short stories in this anthology offer glimpses into the unique writing style of the author。 Unfortunately, for most of the stories, I found either that the climax was lost or that the core purpose of the stories did not register。 Murakami's deadpan style, fantastic surrealism combined with dreary reality is evident in these stories。 However, very rarely did I find myself deeply connecting with the characters and caring about what would happen to them。 For most of these stories, I would have preferred a novel-length work as opposed to the brief entry into their lives before moving on。 。。。more

Vyoma Raman

Murakami's work always manages to intrigue me in an entirely discomfiting way。 The narrators of each of his stories in this collection are curiously detached, apathetic observers to the goings-on around them, giving each the peculiar quality of not *actually* living through it。 I'm not the biggest fan of this collection, but I can't tell whether that's a feature of the stories themselves or the style。 Some notable favorites, however, were "Sleep," "The Dancing Dwarf," and "The Last Lawn of the A Murakami's work always manages to intrigue me in an entirely discomfiting way。 The narrators of each of his stories in this collection are curiously detached, apathetic observers to the goings-on around them, giving each the peculiar quality of not *actually* living through it。 I'm not the biggest fan of this collection, but I can't tell whether that's a feature of the stories themselves or the style。 Some notable favorites, however, were "Sleep," "The Dancing Dwarf," and "The Last Lawn of the Afternoon。" 。。。more

Wera

Just amazing, the humor and the surrealism is just typical Murakami。

Ratso

What a strange melange of dwarves, elephants, and the minutiae of daily life

Nick LeBlanc

One of the persistent literary questions of my adult life has been, "Do I like Murakami?" I think finally I may have landed on the answer: Sometimes, I really really do and other times I really really don't。 Which feels like an appropriate answer for the literary master of spaghetti, elephants, and dangling surrealist plot threads。 This collection is fantastic for anyone else in the same boat as I, there is a wide selection of Murakami's oeuvre here (for better and for worse) and you will almost One of the persistent literary questions of my adult life has been, "Do I like Murakami?" I think finally I may have landed on the answer: Sometimes, I really really do and other times I really really don't。 Which feels like an appropriate answer for the literary master of spaghetti, elephants, and dangling surrealist plot threads。 This collection is fantastic for anyone else in the same boat as I, there is a wide selection of Murakami's oeuvre here (for better and for worse) and you will almost certainly leave with an answer to the question, as I have。 For this book, I decided to do a very thorough analysis。 First, I put the stories in order using a rudimentary system:+ means I liked the story- means I did not like the story/ means I was indifferent, or that I liked some parts and not othersA repeated symbol, ++ or --, means that feeling is emphatic。 So, here's the rough ranking with some brief notes:(++)The Last Lawn。。。 - Great imagery, engrossing character study, made me feel summers past。 (++)The Family Affair - Another great character study, very funny inner monologue。 (++)Barn Burning - Chilling。 (++)Sleep - Brutal。(+)The Wind up Bird。。。 (+)On Seeing the 100% Perfect。。。。 (/)Slow Boat to China - The story of how he met the 2nd Chinese person was great and should have been a story unto itself, the rest a big resounding meh。(/)Dancing Dwarf - Almost great, a great concept but the elephant factory didn't work for me and the ending was incredibly weak。(/)A Window - Made me want a "hamburger steak。" (/)The Second Bakery Attack(/)Silence(/)Lederhosen(-)The Little Green Monster - Underdeveloped。(-)The Elephant Vanishes - This guy loves elephants。(-)The Kangaroo Communique(--)The Fall of the Roman Empire。。。 - a shitty narcissistic diary reflection turned into a "story。"(--)TV People - I hated this, magical realism at its worst。 Many of his stories read as if he sat down to write them and used the first 1/4 of it to rev the story engine up, find something to coast on, and then either stick the landing or completely crash and burn。 I've noticed a similar pattern in his novels。 I'll read more of his work but could use a break after this one。 Mostly, this was an enjoyable read that really works when it works and really doesn't when it doesn't。 。。。more

Lucia

Murakami has beautiful phrases but most of stories I found a bit bland。Both of the elephant stories were the best for sure。

Jerenov Vidimy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Funniest shit i've read Funniest shit i've read 。。。more

Shannon Cobb

"Barn Burning" is haunting my mind。 You have to like Murakami。 This is a great representation of his artistic prowess。 "Barn Burning" is haunting my mind。 You have to like Murakami。 This is a great representation of his artistic prowess。 。。。more

Iaaaaaan

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Que perro asco de libro。No llegué ni a la mitad ¿Por qué? Por qué en todas sus historias hay una mujer ¿Qué tiene de malo que haya mujeres en sus relatos? QUE TODAS SÓLO ESTÁN AHÍ PARA SERVIR AL HOMBRE。Si no son como objeto sexual son como madre/esposaEn mi vida, ni aunque me paguen, vuelvo a leer un libro de éste señor。 Puro desperdicio de dinero y tiempo。

Enjada

Probably won't be reading Murakami again。 The weird stuff keeps getting。。。weirder。 Probably won't be reading Murakami again。 The weird stuff keeps getting。。。weirder。 。。。more

Riann Roca

DNF。I love Murakami’s writing style and world building, but I felt I didn’t get enough from his short stories。 Each story felt they ended abruptly with too many unfinished questions。 I didn’t feel satisfied or that it would be worthwhile to finish it。 I guess I prefer his novels where the characters and weirdness of the worlds can become full fleshed and drawn out。

Abbi

I love the recurring themes across all of Murakami's work, and they are very present in these stories - all very different, but connected by a bad plate of spaghetti, a name, a cigarette, classical music, a job in advertising。 The stories are very simple, hinting at otherworldly forces, strange warps in time and improbable situations and events。 My favourite story was Sleep - I'll probably be thinking about that one for some time。 I love the recurring themes across all of Murakami's work, and they are very present in these stories - all very different, but connected by a bad plate of spaghetti, a name, a cigarette, classical music, a job in advertising。 The stories are very simple, hinting at otherworldly forces, strange warps in time and improbable situations and events。 My favourite story was Sleep - I'll probably be thinking about that one for some time。 。。。more

ares

had never read a book like this one when i first read this。。 so good

Tamoghna Biswas

It ended up giving me serious déjà vu。 When I was a kid, my father bought me a translated collection of world-famous fairy tales, and this one feels like a culmination of the sinister ones from that book, involving psychological monster metaphors and everything。But I’m currently at a loss at what the elephant factory meant。 I’m taking a guess it’s magical realism, but somehow it felt like they were making up robotic elephants。

pugs

each short story is a coin flip, unfortunately。 creative, but not his best。 sleep, the dancing dwarf, the silence, and barn burning were the ones that stuck out to me。 overtired, absurd, endearing, uncomfortable, respectively。 the shorter the story, the worse murakami's writing, less room for atmosphere, feels stifled。 you can pass on this one, unless you're a diehard fan。 i'm rounding down for now。 each short story is a coin flip, unfortunately。 creative, but not his best。 sleep, the dancing dwarf, the silence, and barn burning were the ones that stuck out to me。 overtired, absurd, endearing, uncomfortable, respectively。 the shorter the story, the worse murakami's writing, less room for atmosphere, feels stifled。 you can pass on this one, unless you're a diehard fan。 i'm rounding down for now。 。。。more

Cora Pugh

I struggled rating this book, as with most collections of short stories - you find that some of them stay with you for a long time and others tend to drag。 It’s the type of book you can’t read in one sitting, you have to read one or two at a time。This is the first book I’ve read by Haruki Murakami and his writing is truly beautiful, even when most of the characters are nameless you still are able to relate to them。 Personally my favourite stories were Sleep and Burning Barns。 Amazing stories tha I struggled rating this book, as with most collections of short stories - you find that some of them stay with you for a long time and others tend to drag。 It’s the type of book you can’t read in one sitting, you have to read one or two at a time。This is the first book I’ve read by Haruki Murakami and his writing is truly beautiful, even when most of the characters are nameless you still are able to relate to them。 Personally my favourite stories were Sleep and Burning Barns。 Amazing stories that will stick with me。 。。。more

Meri Leescribir

En este libro encontramos 17 relatos sin conexión entre ellos, a excepción de algún detalle, como puede ser un nombre que aparece en tres de los relatos (si no recuerdo mal), algún elemento muy Murakami, como es la música, el deporte, los gatos, que salen en la mayoría, si no en todos。A mí, finalmente, me gustaron 9 de esos 17 relatos, los demás me dejaron fría。A continuación enumero los que me gustaron:✨El pájaro que da cuerda y las mujeres del martes。✨Sobre el encuentro con una chica cien por En este libro encontramos 17 relatos sin conexión entre ellos, a excepción de algún detalle, como puede ser un nombre que aparece en tres de los relatos (si no recuerdo mal), algún elemento muy Murakami, como es la música, el deporte, los gatos, que salen en la mayoría, si no en todos。A mí, finalmente, me gustaron 9 de esos 17 relatos, los demás me dejaron fría。A continuación enumero los que me gustaron:✨El pájaro que da cuerda y las mujeres del martes。✨Sobre el encuentro con una chica cien por cien perfecta en una soleada mañana del mes de abril。✨Sueño。✨Lederhosen。✨Quemar graneros。✨Asunto de familia。 (Mi favorito ❣️)✨La ventana。✨El enanito bailarín。✨Silencio。Es muy difícil tener una opinión muy general de historias sin conexión, y entrar a decir lo que me gustó de cada una lo veo un engorro, pero en resumen diré que me quedo con todas éstas porque son esas que me han dejado con ganas de más, de una novela propiamente dicha (a excepción de "El pájaro que da cuerda。。。" que ya tiene su novela, la cual tengo pendiente "Crónica del pájaro que da cuerda al mundo"。Me encantará volver a esos relatos en un futuro y ver si me sigo quedando con los mismos o no。 Ojalá para ese momento haya alguna novela de alguno de ellos 😜😜😜 。。。more

Soner Logu

A genius writer who, like any other genius, makes something terribly difficult seem as if anyone can do it。 With this seemingly simple but inimitable writing style, Murakami plays with our emotions as if they were his piano keys。

Lydia

The order of the stories in this collection feels very intentional and the pieces are more or less unified by their psychological focus and scattering of motifs。 My favorites are "The Silence" (somewhat lighter on the absurdity and wrapped up with a nice clincher) and "Sleep" (reminded me of The Vegetarian by Han Kang), but in terms of memorableness/impact, I'd have to pick out "The Little Green Monster" and "A Slow Boat to China。" The order of the stories in this collection feels very intentional and the pieces are more or less unified by their psychological focus and scattering of motifs。 My favorites are "The Silence" (somewhat lighter on the absurdity and wrapped up with a nice clincher) and "Sleep" (reminded me of The Vegetarian by Han Kang), but in terms of memorableness/impact, I'd have to pick out "The Little Green Monster" and "A Slow Boat to China。" 。。。more

Dr Osama

مجموعة قصصية للروائي الياباني هاروكي موراكامي。 استمعت لها ككتاب صوتي والمفاجأة أن الراوي اسمه نزار الدرازي。 ما شاء الله القاءه ولهجته جميلة جدا زاد من استمتاعي بمحتوى الكتاب。

Leivo

Short novels, but weird。 All the stories are ends with no end。After reading this book, I was thinking that "no more Murakami"。 Just a week later I finished "Killing Commendatore" and this is again 5 star book from Murakami。All good。 Short novels, but weird。 All the stories are ends with no end。After reading this book, I was thinking that "no more Murakami"。 Just a week later I finished "Killing Commendatore" and this is again 5 star book from Murakami。All good。 。。。more

Manuel Sanz

Intento salir del sueño。 No sé si podre conseguirlo, llevo diecisiete relatos yendo de la vigilia a un lugar que no consigo reconocer, imposible ponerle forma。 Murakami maneja el mundo onírico de forma magistral。 Mueve a los personajes a lugares más allá de lo tangible。 Crea lugares para pintarlos con sus metáforas, sus párrafos poéticos。 Siempre hay algo por debajo del relato que asoma sin llegar a salir del todo。 Murakami encontró un patrón de escritura y lo utiliza libro tras libro, relato tr Intento salir del sueño。 No sé si podre conseguirlo, llevo diecisiete relatos yendo de la vigilia a un lugar que no consigo reconocer, imposible ponerle forma。 Murakami maneja el mundo onírico de forma magistral。 Mueve a los personajes a lugares más allá de lo tangible。 Crea lugares para pintarlos con sus metáforas, sus párrafos poéticos。 Siempre hay algo por debajo del relato que asoma sin llegar a salir del todo。 Murakami encontró un patrón de escritura y lo utiliza libro tras libro, relato tras relato y, la verdad, es que le da resultado。www。preferirianotenerquehacerlo。wordp。。。www。enbuscadeaquellanoche。wordpres。com 。。。more

Wiss Ana Vivancos

Quizás, de los libros de relatos de Murakami, para mí el mejor。 Me quedo con "Sueño", ha sido impactante。 Quizás, de los libros de relatos de Murakami, para mí el mejor。 Me quedo con "Sueño", ha sido impactante。 。。。more

Miassa

J'ai beaucoup apprécié certaines nouvelles, d'autres moins。 Je le conseille néanmoins à la lecture。 J'ai beaucoup apprécié certaines nouvelles, d'autres moins。 Je le conseille néanmoins à la lecture。 。。。more

cait

some great, all weird

evie♡

This book is undoubtedly made up of extremely interesting stories, which deal with analyzing the human soul to its innermost depth, analyzing feelings of beings alienated from society which, however, realize that beyond the life we ​​see there is much more。 Murakami is a master at representing all of this。

Nada

كتاب جميل ومميز بطريقة خاصة。 قصص تبدو خرافية لكنها للبعض قد تمس قلب حياتهم اليومية I'm still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack。 But then, it might not have been a question of right and wrong。 Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa。 I myself have adopted the position that, in fact, we never choose anything at all。 Things happen。 Or not。 كتاب جميل ومميز بطريقة خاصة。 قصص تبدو خرافية لكنها للبعض قد تمس قلب حياتهم اليومية I'm still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack。 But then, it might not have been a question of right and wrong。 Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa。 I myself have adopted the position that, in fact, we never choose anything at all。 Things happen。 Or not。 。。。more

Ann Mat

I did really like some of the stories here。 (view spoiler)[ Special mention to the insomniac wife, the couple stealing hamburgers in the middle of the night, the barn burning and that one brother in law。 (hide spoiler)]The other half is whimsical but it lacks the element of surprise。 As what is common to a Murakami book, it is splattered with descriptions of sex which is kind of awkward considering how I love to work while the audiobook is in loudspeaker。 Well, work from home days。 ["br"]>["br" I did really like some of the stories here。 (view spoiler)[ Special mention to the insomniac wife, the couple stealing hamburgers in the middle of the night, the barn burning and that one brother in law。 (hide spoiler)]The other half is whimsical but it lacks the element of surprise。 As what is common to a Murakami book, it is splattered with descriptions of sex which is kind of awkward considering how I love to work while the audiobook is in loudspeaker。 Well, work from home days。 ["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]> 。。。more

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হয়তো এই বই শেষ করতাম না। তবু করলাম, কারণ কাফকা অন দা শোর-এ মুরাকামি আমাকে কিনে নিসেন। বছরখানেক আগে একরকম ইমপ্রেশন নিয়ে দা এলিফেন্ট ভ্যানিশেস পড়া শুরু করসিলাম। শেষ করলাম প্রায় অন্য আরেক ইমপ্রেশন দিয়ে।ইন ফ্যাক্ট, মুরাকামির ব্যাপারে আমার বিশেষ আগ্রহ ছিলো না। ডুবে থাকার মতো সমুদ্রের অভাব নাই—সুতরাং ভাবসিলাম, মুরাকামি-নদীতে ডুব না দিয়ে মরলেও কী এসে যায়।এরপর একদিন, আরিফ হারামজাদা একটা গল্প লিখলো। বেশ ইন্টারেস্টিং, এবং সেটা পড়ে মনে হলো, মুরাকামিকে একটু স্পর্শ করে দেখা যায়। যেই গল্প পড়ে আরিফ ন হয়তো এই বই শেষ করতাম না। তবু করলাম, কারণ কাফকা অন দা শোর-এ মুরাকামি আমাকে কিনে নিসেন। বছরখানেক আগে একরকম ইমপ্রেশন নিয়ে দা এলিফেন্ট ভ্যানিশেস পড়া শুরু করসিলাম। শেষ করলাম প্রায় অন্য আরেক ইমপ্রেশন দিয়ে।ইন ফ্যাক্ট, মুরাকামির ব্যাপারে আমার বিশেষ আগ্রহ ছিলো না। ডুবে থাকার মতো সমুদ্রের অভাব নাই—সুতরাং ভাবসিলাম, মুরাকামি-নদীতে ডুব না দিয়ে মরলেও কী এসে যায়।এরপর একদিন, আরিফ হারামজাদা একটা গল্প লিখলো। বেশ ইন্টারেস্টিং, এবং সেটা পড়ে মনে হলো, মুরাকামিকে একটু স্পর্শ করে দেখা যায়। যেই গল্প পড়ে আরিফ নাড়া খাইসিলো—সেটা দিয়েই শুরু করলাম। ‘অন সিয়িং দা ১০০% পারফেক্ট গার্ল ওয়ান বিউটিফুল এপ্রিল মর্নিং’।যদি শান্তার কথা বুঝে থাকি—সে আমাকে বলসিলো, প্রায় কোনো আর্টে, ফিল্মে, গল্পে একটা মেয়েকে খুঁজে পাওয়া যায় না। শুধু বাংলায় না, সারা পৃথিবীতেই।আমি দেখতেসি, মুরাকামির গল্পেও সেটা সত্যি।দোষ কি দেয়া যায় তবু? একটা ছেলে কি একটা মেয়েকে ধারণ করতে পারে, কিংবা একটা মেয়ে আরেকটা ছেলেকে? বা আরেকটু বড় করে চিন্তা করলে—একটা মানুষ কি অন্য মানুষের জীবন ধারণ করতে পারে, নিজের ভেতরে? মানিক বন্দ্যো বা লিও তলস্তয় কি এই কাজ করসিলেন? হিথ লেজার কি পারসিলেন জোকারের সাথে একীভূত হতে?আমি জানি না। কেবল এটুকু জানি—মোটা দাগে আর্টিস্টকে দুই ভাগে ভাগ করা যায়। কেউ কেউ অন্যকে ধারণ করার চেষ্টা করে (যেমন এস এম সুলতান), আর কেউ নিজেকেই ধারণ করার চেষ্টা করে (যেমন জন লেনন)।ইয়ান ম্যাকডোনাল্ড বলসেন, দ্বিতীয় ধরনের আর্টকে বলা যায় সেল্‌ফ রেফারেনশিয়াল।গভীরতম গভীরে, আর্ট কি সেল্‌ফ রেফারেনশিয়াল না হওয়া সম্ভব?সেটাও জানি না।তবে মুরাকামি যে ঘুরেফিরে নিজের দিকেই কলমের মুখ তাক করসেন—এটা বলতে পারি।আমার ভালো লাগসে, মুরাকামির মেটাফোর। কোনো গল্পই সরলরেখায় আগায়নি—সেটার নিচে আরেকটা স্তরে আরেকটা অর্থ লুকানো।এবং বিশেষ করে ভালো লাগসে ‘দা সেকেন্ড বেকারি অ্যাটাক’। গল্প পড়সি, গল্প উড়ে গেসে। রেখে গেসে একটা ইমপ্রেশন। আশ্চর্য কোনো মুহূর্তে আশ্চর্য হওয়ার জন্য। 。。。more

Julia Santamaria

I didn't love even one story。 I think I really don't like Murakami。 I didn't love even one story。 I think I really don't like Murakami。 。。。more