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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... side of the original structure . The intention wasn't bad , but the ef- fect was unpalatable . Like serving sherbet and broccoli on the same silver platter . This unhappy combination stood untouched for several decades until someone ...
... side of the original structure . The intention wasn't bad , but the ef- fect was unpalatable . Like serving sherbet and broccoli on the same silver platter . This unhappy combination stood untouched for several decades until someone ...
Page 92
... side , the piles of soil hauled down from the hills for landfill loomed harsh and gray next to the areas which , not a part of the grand scheme , had been overtaken by quick - rooting weeds . On the other side , stupid little ...
... side , the piles of soil hauled down from the hills for landfill loomed harsh and gray next to the areas which , not a part of the grand scheme , had been overtaken by quick - rooting weeds . On the other side , stupid little ...
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... side . The big room had twin beds and a dresser . The beds were stripped down to their frames . Time was dead in the air . Only in the farther small bedroom was there any lingering scent of human occupation . The bed was neatly made ...
... side . The big room had twin beds and a dresser . The beds were stripped down to their frames . Time was dead in the air . Only in the farther small bedroom was there any lingering scent of human occupation . The bed was neatly made ...
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Ainu youth ALFRED BIRNBAUM Asahikawa ashtray asked ballpoint pen beer better birch Border collie Boss caretaker chaise longue chauffeur cigarette clock coffee cold cyst dark desk Dolphin Hotel door drank ears everything eyes face feel fingers girlfriend glass gone grandfather clock guess hair hand HARUKI MURAKAMI head Hokkaido it'd J's Bar Japan jeep Junitaki Junitaki-cho killer frost lighter living looked mean minutes months morning mountains never nodded okay opened partner pasture photograph pocket probably pulled rain Rat's road Sapporo seemed Sheep Professor Shinjuku Station silence sleep smoke snow sofa someone sound stared stood straight sure talk tell there's things thought Tokyo took town turned U.S. Army waiting walked watched whiskey whole WILD SHEEP CHASE window winter word