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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... comes to about five million yen , and if worse comes to worse we'll have to borrow money to pay it off . Further- more , it's been only a year since we went overboard investing in our office facilities . " " I know , " said the man ...
... comes to about five million yen , and if worse comes to worse we'll have to borrow money to pay it off . Further- more , it's been only a year since we went overboard investing in our office facilities . " " I know , " said the man ...
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... comes to killing time in the city . A built - in ceiling speaker called my name . At first it didn't sound like my ... come to me that my name was my name . The waiter brought a cordless transceiver - phone over to the table . " There ...
... comes to killing time in the city . A built - in ceiling speaker called my name . At first it didn't sound like my ... come to me that my name was my name . The waiter brought a cordless transceiver - phone over to the table . " There ...
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... come to a dead end . There must be more than a hundred similar mountains in Hokkaido , and the state of sheep raising ... comes when you're on the verge of drown- ing ? " " Right . For the moment , I'm satisfied to be going through all ...
... come to a dead end . There must be more than a hundred similar mountains in Hokkaido , and the state of sheep raising ... comes when you're on the verge of drown- ing ? " " Right . For the moment , I'm satisfied to be going through all ...
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