Murakami Haruki is an important figure in contemporary Japanese letters for his extensive translations from American fiction, and the enormous popularity of his own fiction has drawn attention to his work as a translator. His translation work has also de...

Complicité renders Murakami's Tokyo in dazzling light THE ELEPHANT VANISHES Adapted from a book by Haruki Murakami New York State Theater 63rd Streetand Broadway (Closed) SLEEP IS DEATH Guaranteed: Nearly everyone in the audience is in tears...

Among Japanese writers born after the war whose work has been translated into English, Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) has received the most attention, especially since the 1989 publication in English of his 1982 novel Hitsuji o meguru boken (Eng. A Wild Sheep Chase;...

In the following review, Ulin describes the general style, themes, principal characters, and tone of Murakami's short fiction in The Elephant Vanishes.

In the following review, Loughman discusses the sense of emptiness conveyed by the themes and characters of The Elephant Vanishes.

In the following review, McCue focuses on the indifferent descriptions and emotional detachment of Murakami's narrative style in The Elephant Vanishes.