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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... passed since I agreed to the divorce and she moved out . A non - month . Unfocused and unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee , headed out ...
... passed since I agreed to the divorce and she moved out . A non - month . Unfocused and unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee , headed out ...
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... passing out handbills down by the station . " " What's to stop us from passing out handbills now if we wanted ? " My partner looked up at me . " Hey , I'm not joking . " " Neither am I. " A silence fell between us . " A lot of things ...
... passing out handbills down by the station . " " What's to stop us from passing out handbills now if we wanted ? " My partner looked up at me . " Hey , I'm not joking . " " Neither am I. " A silence fell between us . " A lot of things ...
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... passed . Still no Professor . The army search team combed the terrain desperately , but he was nowhere to be found . Perhaps he had been attacked by wolves or abducted by tribesmen . Then at dusk a week later , just as everyone had ...
... passed . Still no Professor . The army search team combed the terrain desperately , but he was nowhere to be found . Perhaps he had been attacked by wolves or abducted by tribesmen . Then at dusk a week later , just as everyone had ...
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