The Elephant Vanishes

short story collection by Haruki Murakami
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2456858
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The Elephant Vanishes

Summary

The Elephant Vanishes is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Elephant Vanishes authored Haruki Murakami[3].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's publisher is recorded as Alfred A. Knopf[5].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's OCLC number is recorded as 26805691[6].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[7].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's has part is recorded as On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning[9].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's has part is recorded as The Second Bakery Attack[10].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's publication date is recorded as +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0616bj[12].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2625415W[13].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's translator is recorded as Alfred Birnbaum[14].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126487624[15].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2940[16].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+432'}[17].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+17'}[18].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1808477[19].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '象の消滅'}[20].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's different from is recorded as On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning[21].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's OCLC work ID is recorded as 968901[22].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's form of creative work is recorded as short story collection[23].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987008981081205171[24].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 693417[25].
  • The Elephant Vanishes's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 118726[26].

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Works and Contributions

The Elephant Vanishes authored Haruki Murakami[3].

Why It Matters

The Elephant Vanishes ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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