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 70
... stood in that same spot with any number of persons he'd driven there . All of whom had gawked at the surroundings in exactly the same way . " View all you care to , sir . Please do take your time , ” he said . " We still have eight ...
... stood in that same spot with any number of persons he'd driven there . All of whom had gawked at the surroundings in exactly the same way . " View all you care to , sir . Please do take your time , ” he said . " We still have eight ...
Page 184
... stood the Sheep Professor . The Sheep Professor had long hair , white as snow . His eyebrows were also white , hanging down over his eyes like icicles . He stood five foot ten . A self - possessed figure . Sturdy - boned . His nose ...
... stood the Sheep Professor . The Sheep Professor had long hair , white as snow . His eyebrows were also white , hanging down over his eyes like icicles . He stood five foot ten . A self - possessed figure . Sturdy - boned . His nose ...
Page 233
... stood there saying nothing , trying to get our bearings . Below us a slender ribbon of silver river wound its way through the valley , both banks covered in dense green forest . Across the valley broke waves of low , autumn - tinged ...
... stood there saying nothing , trying to get our bearings . Below us a slender ribbon of silver river wound its way through the valley , both banks covered in dense green forest . Across the valley broke waves of low , autumn - tinged ...
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References to this book
The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |