The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki MurakamiMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Read it for the second time and the rating has only gone down. I don't understand the point in this kind of writing. Evokes nothing. Says nothing. Does nothing. Then why read it at all! I think this was the first Murakami i read. I will not diss a writer till i read more. Read Birthday Stories and didn't like it but will still read more to finally say for sure that i completely dislike this author. The author just writes what they should make the reader feel. And in utmost boring language. There was one story that was a little enjoyable. One where the protagonist goes without sleep for days. I liked the ending of the story particularly.
Anyway, this was the first time i completed reading from two copies of the same book. I started re reading at my friend's place in Goa. Couldn't complete it before leaving. Then when i went home in mallu land during corona lockdown, saw that i did have a copy there. Completed reading after taking it back to bombay with me.
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