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 61
... sofa drinking whiskey , blown on softly by the air conditioner like a dandelion seed wafted along on a pleasant breeze , I stared at the electric wall clock . As long as I stared at the clock , at least the world remained in motion ...
... sofa drinking whiskey , blown on softly by the air conditioner like a dandelion seed wafted along on a pleasant breeze , I stared at the electric wall clock . As long as I stared at the clock , at least the world remained in motion ...
Page 62
Haruki Murakami. Sheep . I got up from the sofa , picked up the copy of the photo from my partner's desk , and returned to the sofa . For twenty seconds , I stared at it , sucking on the whiskey - tinged ice cubes , racking my brain to ...
Haruki Murakami. Sheep . I got up from the sofa , picked up the copy of the photo from my partner's desk , and returned to the sofa . For twenty seconds , I stared at it , sucking on the whiskey - tinged ice cubes , racking my brain to ...
Page 272
... sofa . In the mirror world , I was alone . Terror shot through my spine . " Youlookpale , " said the Sheep Man . I plopped down on the sofa and , saying nothing , pulled the ring off the beer can and took a sip . " Probablycaughtcold ...
... sofa . In the mirror world , I was alone . Terror shot through my spine . " Youlookpale , " said the Sheep Man . I plopped down on the sofa and , saying nothing , pulled the ring off the beer can and took a sip . " Probablycaughtcold ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |