ÿþ <HTML><HEAD> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=tis-620"> <TITLE>The Elephant Vanishes : .2#84 !8#22!4</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY text=#666666 vLink=#663399 aLink=#993333 link=#0066cc bgColor=#ffffff> <IMG height=18 alt=* src="../../flowersm1.gif" width=18> <A href="../../index.html"><IMG height=18 alt=home src="../../fay3.GIF" width=77 border=0></A> <FONT color=#0080c0 size=+1><B>&nbsp; 1I+1*7- : 'D#9I1</B></FONT> <BR><B><A href="../../index.html">7@#7-</A></B> <FONT color=#333333>| </FONT><B><A href="../index.html"> 1I+1*7-</A></B> <FONT color=#333333>| </FONT><B><FONT color=#666666><A href="fstelephant.html">2-</A></FONT></B> <BR>&nbsp; <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="10%"><IMG height=46 alt=book src="../read3.gif" width=110></TD> <TD><B><FONT color=#000000 size=+1>THE ELEPHANT VANISHES : Haruki Murakami<BR></FONT><FONT color=#0080c0><B>read by O</B></FONT> <FONT color=#000000 size=+1></FONT></B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <CENTER> <TABLE cols=1 width="65%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <P><BR><IMG height=140 alt="Book Cover" hspace=40 src="image/elephat.gif" width=92 align=left vspace=15><FONT color=#999999>"The elephant and keeper have vanished completely. They will never be coming back."</FONT></P> <P>+1*7-@%H!5I@G+1*7-#'!@#7H-*1I@%H!@5"'-.2#84 !8#22!4 54!L@G 1A% 2)2-1$)@!7H-5 1993 !DI-H2@%H!5I@G%315H+2+1*7-1I+!3'@I2@%H!-@2 'H2 -@%H!5I!25H*8 @+8%!5-"9HH2"F 'H2 '452#@5"9@#7H-C@ 4@4"2"-!8#22!41I *2!2#*#I2@*H+L '4H2!+1(##"LC@#7H-*1IDI!2'H22#@5"C%1)0@#7H-"2' @#20@+G'H2@#7H-*1IC2#1ID!HI-2#5H!2+#7-- +24I#H-#-"%I2"!8!!-+6HC 2H2" C05H2#125! '@4"2"' C@#7H-5H!5@7I-+2"2'@4DA%0@5"6IC%1)0-4A-'2!@G#4-"9H!2 (-"H2@ H1'%0#1'+6H!5 5'4-"9HC181 AH-51'+6H@G1'%0#C@4"2") I2!5'2!D!H-5C##0-@+8%B%A+H'2!#41B%!+1(##"LC@4"2" %7-2#3@4@#7H-0+"84H%@!7H-68+6H '2!+%2+%2"0@2%A%0@"4H@"I-+2'2!H-@7H-D!HDI 1'-"H2@#7H-"2'5H'H2 7- <i>Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World</i> C05H@#7H-D!H"2'!2 -"H2@ H<i> Wild Sheep Chase</i> 1 <i>Norwegian Wood</i> %1-H2*8 @#20!5'2!@ 7H-!B"-@7I-+2A%01'%0#%1''H2 AH@#7H-5IG@G'2!@+G*H'+6H@H21I +%2"-2 -1'+1*7--!8#22!4C'2! H21A%0B#A!4 AH!%1 -@2C'2!4H2#1A@4"2" !8#22!4@5"+1*7-DI5 !5@*H+LC'2! H24A%09--!2@G@#7H-DI"-@"5H"! 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I was twenty-two at the time. I ground out thirty or more letters like this every month at two thousand yen per letter for a strange little company in the lidabashi district that called itself <I>The Pen Society.</I> "You, too, can learn to write captivating letters," boasted the company's advertisements. New "members" paid initiation fee and monthly dues, in return for which they could write four letters a month to The Pen Society. We "Pen Masters" would answer their letters with letters of our own, such as the one quoted above, containing corrections, comments, and guidance for future improvement.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>@7I-@#7H-!51I+!*4@G@#7H- !5+%2"@#7H-5HH2*C @ H @#7H-A# The Wind-Up Bird and Tuesday's Women @5H"'19I 2"+6H 6H3%12 A%00-"9HI2 ##"2B#!2-C+I H'"2!+2A!'5H+2"D AHH-5H0@42!+2A!'A'F I2 @2GDIB#(1L%6%129I+ 4+6H-'H2 -@'%2*425@7H-@#20DI3"'2!@I2C" B"5H9I+ 41I@GC#D!H#2 @#7H-5I!5'2!"2'*2!*4*2!+I2 6H!8#22!43D@5"H-@G@#7H-"2'+26 607 +I2C+1*7-@#7H- <i>The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</i> C5 1998 @#7H-5H*-@G@#7H-5H-H2A%I'I-+1'@#20 7-@#7H- The Second Bakery Attack @%H26*2!5 ##"29H+6H@4HAH2C+!H 7+6H*-5I-+4'AH+2-0D#C9I@"GD!HDI *2!5@%"@%H2C+I ##"21'H2-@G@G @"--D%I#I22"!11@7H- %I@-2AH!1!24 ##"2DI"411I6 '*2!51#0%--%27@7H-+2#I2!1 AH@7H-2#I2#'4+!A%I' ##"26 '*2!5%I#I2A!B1%LA AH0%IDI+#7-@%H2GI-42!-H21 !"1 -@#7H-*1I5H@5H"'B"1*1'LH2F @#20H2#1!2 The Kangaroo Communique @G@#7H-9I 2"+6H32-"9HA#13#I-@#5"@5H"'1*4I2C+I2*##*4I2 '1+6HDI-H2+!2" 1+6H29I+ 45H 7I-AH@*5"4AH2+I2D!H#17@#20@G'2!4-%9I2@- +!2" 15I3C+I@2#H3@I- A%0'2!4I2F -@25H-"204H-1@-G!222#DI@+G4BIC*'*1'L +#7-@#7H-5H@5H"'1 I25H+2"DC-22(2 <i>Elephant Vanishes</i> A%0B#2*#I2 I2C Dancing Dwarf @#7H-+%15I!5AHB#2 I2@G@5"AG#2'L@7H-#0-@7I-+2C8-7H AH! -'454-@2 Burning Barn @G@#7H-- -@28H@7H-#1)2*!8%"LA+H 5'4 05H The Last Lawn of the Afternoon !5@*H+LC'451+ I2-1'%0#</P> <P>!8#22!4"1A*'2!%6C1'%0#DI-"H2#01CC'2!*1!1L-5H1I-2@#7H- Family Affair AH@#7H-5H! -5H*8%1@G The Silence @#7H-@%H25H96-5'1"@G-B- 2'H2B"@%H2C+I@7H--51 @2%H2'6@#7H-5H@"B9H-22 6H@G@7H-C'1"@#5"A%I @#20#1I+6H@2@"H-"+I2@7H-5I-4 21I A%I'*2!5121I@2BAIAII'"3%H2'+2 *#I23@%H2%7-CB#@#5"'H2B- 2'H2@G3C+I@7H--5+6HH21'2" @203-"H2D#DI5D'H22#%0 6H'2! 1C1'@7H-9I1I B"@%5H"<I>'2! 1</I> 5H90@G2#C+I'2!+!2"!2@4DC4CC+I@G<I>'2!@5"</I> @#20!5AH'2!@5"@H21I5H*-C+I#9I14..... <a name="author"></a> <P><B>@5H"'19I@5" Haruki Murakami</B> Qg N %f9j .2#84 !8#22!4 @45H@!7-@5"'B5 1949 @G1@5" 5H8H5H!5 7H-@*5"C181A%0DI#12#""H-21'42#LC#01 24 +1*7-8@%H!-@2DI#12#A%A%054!L@G 2)2-1$) @ H <i>The Elephant Vanishes, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World</i> @GI A%0@2"1A%25H!5 7H-@*5"-1@5"-7HF @G 2)2 5H8H @ H #9A! 2B5, @- *-L 4 L@-#1%L, -+L @--#L'4 @GI</P> <P><FONT color=#666666><B>The Elephant Vanishes : Haruki Murakami</B> (aŒn0ˆmÅn zou no shoumetsu) <br>Translated by Alfred Birnbuam, Jay Rubin<BR>ISBN 0-679-75053-3 Vintage (1993) $13.00, 327 pages </FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT color=#336699>As fate would have it, though, this morning, standing before the kangaroo cage, I hit upon the exact permutation of those thirty-six coincidences and came up with this inspiration. To wit, the principle we shall call the Nobility of Imperfection. Now, what is this Nobility of Imperfection?, you may ask--who wouldn't ask? Well, simply put, the Nobility of Imperfection might mean nothing so much as the proposition that someone <I>in effect</I> forgives someone else. I forgive the kangaroos, the kangaroos forgive you, you forgive me--to cite but one example. <I>P.55</I></FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#666666><B><FONT color=#336699>The Elephant Vanishes</FONT></B></FONT><B><I><FONT color=#336699><FONT color=#ffffff>.</FONT></FONT></I></B><FONT color=#336699><B><FONT color=#ffffff> . </FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=#666666><FONT color=#000000><B><FONT color=#666666><FONT color=#336699><I><B>Haruki Murakami</B></I></FONT><B><I><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></I></B></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT color=#ff99cc>Copyright &copy; 2001 faylicity.com</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER> <TABLE cols=1 width="80%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=61> <CENTER><B><FONT color=#666666><A href="../../index.html">7@#7-</A></FONT></B> <FONT color=#333333>| </FONT><B><A href="../index.html"> 1I+1*7-</A></B> <FONT color=#333333>| </FONT><B><FONT color=#666666><A href="fstelephant.html">-A#</A></FONT></B> <P><I><FONT color=#666666 size=-1>+"4!218H%H2*8&nbsp; QU *4+2! 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