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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... river used to dry up into a sandy bed , leaving only a faintly damp white trail . Years ago , on my walks , I'd trace that trail upstream , searching for where the river had gone . The road by the river had been one of my favorites . I ...
... river used to dry up into a sandy bed , leaving only a faintly damp white trail . Years ago , on my walks , I'd trace that trail upstream , searching for where the river had gone . The road by the river had been one of my favorites . I ...
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... river . By consensus , it was decided they should head east . This tack sent them up horrible trails through horrible terrain . They fought through seas of brush bamboo , hacked their way across fields of shoulder - high grass a half ...
... river . By consensus , it was decided they should head east . This tack sent them up horrible trails through horrible terrain . They fought through seas of brush bamboo , hacked their way across fields of shoulder - high grass a half ...
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... river gorge . An asshole of a ter- rain for sure . The ground was covered with brush bamboo while huge evergreens spread their roots far and wide . Wolves and elk and bears and muskrats and birds competed in the wilderness for the ...
... river gorge . An asshole of a ter- rain for sure . The ground was covered with brush bamboo while huge evergreens spread their roots far and wide . Wolves and elk and bears and muskrats and birds competed in the wilderness for the ...
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