A Wild Sheep ChaseIt begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our hero from the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. |
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... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
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... chauffeur about the cat . How to clean his ears , stores that sold litter - box deodorant , the amount of food to give him , things like that . " Don't worry , " said the chauffeur . " I'll take good care of him . I'm his godfather ...
... chauffeur about the cat . How to clean his ears , stores that sold litter - box deodorant , the amount of food to give him , things like that . " Don't worry , " said the chauffeur . " I'll take good care of him . I'm his godfather ...
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... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |