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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... leaving only a faintly damp white trail . Years ago , on my walks , I'd trace that trail upstream , searching for where the river had gone . The road by the river had been one of my favorites . I could walk at the same speed as the ...
... leaving only a faintly damp white trail . Years ago , on my walks , I'd trace that trail upstream , searching for where the river had gone . The road by the river had been one of my favorites . I could walk at the same speed as the ...
Page 95
... leaving town ... ? " " Nope . " " So he left you with no warning either ? " " That's right . " " And what did you think ? At the time , I mean . " " About him up and leaving like that ? " " Yeah . " I got up from the bed and leaned ...
... leaving town ... ? " " Nope . " " So he left you with no warning either ? " " That's right . " " And what did you think ? At the time , I mean . " " About him up and leaving like that ? " " Yeah . " I got up from the bed and leaned ...
Page 272
... leaving . " We will , " I said . The Sheep Man left across the pasture to the east . Eventually , the veil of snow took him in . Afterward all was silent . I poured an inch of brandy into the Sheep Man's snifter and downed it in one ...
... leaving . " We will , " I said . The Sheep Man left across the pasture to the east . Eventually , the veil of snow took him in . Afterward all was silent . I poured an inch of brandy into the Sheep Man's snifter and downed it in one ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |