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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Two months and ten days . I remember because I keep a diary . " The orange juice came and my empty coffee cup was spirited away . “ I waited three months after he disappeared . ... It could be five years or ten years or one month .
Two months and ten days . I remember because I keep a diary . " The orange juice came and my empty coffee cup was spirited away . “ I waited three months after he disappeared . ... It could be five years or ten years or one month .
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“ One month . We cannot wait any longer . If after one month you have not found that sheep , you are finished . You will have nowhere to go back to . ” One month . ... One month , two months , was there any real difference ?
“ One month . We cannot wait any longer . If after one month you have not found that sheep , you are finished . You will have nowhere to go back to . ” One month . ... One month , two months , was there any real difference ?
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“ I mean , that's how it is . ” " I see . " “ In any case , I have to be going on a trip from tomorrow . A long trip , I expect . One month , two months , three months , I really don't know . Maybe I'll never come back to Tokyo .
“ I mean , that's how it is . ” " I see . " “ In any case , I have to be going on a trip from tomorrow . A long trip , I expect . One month , two months , three months , I really don't know . Maybe I'll never come back to Tokyo .
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User Review - donhazelwood - LibraryThingThis book ... this book ... this book came at me like Kurt Vonnegut on Risperidone telling his version of Moby Dick. A great read - I don't quite know what Murakami was trying to say - but I throughly ... Read full review
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User Review - Aug3Zimm - LibraryThingIntellectually interesting but not emotionally engaging. One thing I really enjoy about Murakami is how he portrays a sense of disconnectedness between people. That feeling was more prevalent in the ... Read full review
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| Title | A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel Contemporary Fiction, Plume Series Plume book Plume contemporary fiction |
| Author | Haruki Murakami |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0452265169, 9780452265165 |
| Length | 299 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary |
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