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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Page 110
... glass out of his pocket and set it on the table . " Please examine the photograph as much as you care to . " I picked up the photo with my left hand and the magnifying glass with my right , and inspected the photo methodically . Some ...
... glass out of his pocket and set it on the table . " Please examine the photograph as much as you care to . " I picked up the photo with my left hand and the magnifying glass with my right , and inspected the photo methodically . Some ...
Page 111
... glass in my hands . " Be sure to look carefully at the third sheep from the right in the front row . " I brought the magnifying glass to bear upon the third sheep from the right in the front row . A quick A WILD SHEEP CHASE 111.
... glass in my hands . " Be sure to look carefully at the third sheep from the right in the front row . " I brought the magnifying glass to bear upon the third sheep from the right in the front row . A quick A WILD SHEEP CHASE 111.
Page 269
... glass cleaner would do the trick . I couldn't understand why the Rat would let this one mirror stay so dirty . I hauled over a bucket of warm water and worked on the mirror with a nylon scrub , cutting through the hardened grease ...
... glass cleaner would do the trick . I couldn't understand why the Rat would let this one mirror stay so dirty . I hauled over a bucket of warm water and worked on the mirror with a nylon scrub , cutting through the hardened grease ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |