A Wild Sheep Chase: A NovelA marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami’s international reputation. It 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. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. |
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Page 65
... cigarette out of the cigarette case , examined it , held it up to my nose . A specially made plain - cut cigarette without a brand , an aroma akin to that of Russian tobacco . I debated whether to smoke it or slip it into my pocket ...
... cigarette out of the cigarette case , examined it , held it up to my nose . A specially made plain - cut cigarette without a brand , an aroma akin to that of Russian tobacco . I debated whether to smoke it or slip it into my pocket ...
Page 235
... cigarette the Rat smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The current whisked it off downstream in an instant . " What is it ? " she asked . " I found a fresh cigarette ...
... cigarette the Rat smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The current whisked it off downstream in an instant . " What is it ? " she asked . " I found a fresh cigarette ...
Page 247
... cigarette butt lay on the ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house ...
... cigarette butt lay on the ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house ...
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Ainu youth ALFRED BIRNBAUM Asahikawa ashtray asked ballpoint pen beer better birch Border collie Boss caretaker chaise longue chauffeur cigarette clock coffee cold cyst dark desk Dolphin Hotel door drank ears everything eyes face feel fingers girlfriend glass gone grandfather clock guess hair hand HARUKI MURAKAMI head Hokkaido it'd J's Bar Japan jeep Junitaki Junitaki-cho killer frost lighter living looked mean minutes months morning mountains never nodded okay opened partner pasture photograph pocket probably pulled rain Rat's road Sapporo seemed Sheep Professor Shinjuku Station silence sleep smoke snow sofa someone sound stared stood straight sure talk tell there's things thought Tokyo took town turned U.S. Army waiting walked watched whiskey whole WILD SHEEP CHASE window winter word