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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... door . His eyes followed me until I was properly seated , then he closed the door . He climbed into the driver's seat and closed the door after himself . All without any more sound than flipping over a play- ing card . And sitting in ...
... door . His eyes followed me until I was properly seated , then he closed the door . He climbed into the driver's seat and closed the door after himself . All without any more sound than flipping over a play- ing card . And sitting in ...
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... door at the end . An old plastic plaque affixed to the door read DIRECTOR'S OFFICE . No answer . I knocked again . Again , no answer . At the third knock , there was a groan , and then the response- " Don't bother me . Go away . " " We ...
... door at the end . An old plastic plaque affixed to the door read DIRECTOR'S OFFICE . No answer . I knocked again . Again , no answer . At the third knock , there was a groan , and then the response- " Don't bother me . Go away . " " We ...
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... door . Two times at first , a two - breath pause , then three times . It took me a while to recognize it as knocking . That anyone should knock on the door hadn't occurred to me . The Rat wouldn't knock , it was his house . The ...
... door . Two times at first , a two - breath pause , then three times . It took me a while to recognize it as knocking . That anyone should knock on the door hadn't occurred to me . The Rat wouldn't knock , it was his house . The ...
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