{"product_id":"9780099448754","title":"The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami","description":"A dizzying short story collection that displays Murakami's genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary*Featuring the story 'Barn Burning', the inspiration behind the Palme d'Or nominated film Burning*When 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.;  336 pages; Published: 08\/02\/2001\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780099448754\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56456999371134,"sku":"9780099448754","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9780099448754.jpg?v=1761330392","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9780099448754","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}