With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes thisаыйще collection of stories a determined assault on the normal A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald's in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has beбквфэcome irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard By turns haunting and hilarious, "The Elephant Vanishes" is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities - and to come back bearing treasure Содержание The wind-up bird and Tuesday's women c 3-34 The second bakery attack c 35-50 The kangaroo communique c 51-66 On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning c 67-72 брълу Sleep c 73-110 The fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian uprising, Hitler's invasion of Poland, and the realm of raging winds c 111-118 Lederhosen c 119-130 Barn burning c 131-325 Автор Харуки Мураками Haruki Murakami Мураками Харуки родился в 1949 году в Киото Потом его семья переехала в Кобе - крупный японский морской порт Тогда же у него пробудился интерес к зарубежной литературе В студенческие годы принимал участие в антивоенном движении, выступал против войны .