A Wild Sheep ChaseIt 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. |
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... head . " Get divorced twice , and you're a veteran . " The cat did a back stretch , eyes closed , then quickly nestled his head into the crook of her arm . I tossed the coffee mugs and salad bowl into the sink , then swept up the ...
... head . " Get divorced twice , and you're a veteran . " The cat did a back stretch , eyes closed , then quickly nestled his head into the crook of her arm . I tossed the coffee mugs and salad bowl into the sink , then swept up the ...
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... head , ” she asked , “ but the feeling , right ? " " Right . " " Ever have that feeling before ? " I gave it some thought , then shook my head . " No , I guess not . " " Which means it's all on account of my ears . " " I couldn't swear ...
... head , ” she asked , “ but the feeling , right ? " " Right . " " Ever have that feeling before ? " I gave it some thought , then shook my head . " No , I guess not . " " Which means it's all on account of my ears . " " I couldn't swear ...
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... head of sheep . " 1939. Sheep Professor marries . 128 head of sheep . " 1942. Eldest son born ( present owner - operator of the Dolphin Hotel ) . 181 head of sheep . “ 1946. American Occupation Forces appropriate Sheep Pro- fessor's ...
... head of sheep . " 1939. Sheep Professor marries . 128 head of sheep . " 1942. Eldest son born ( present owner - operator of the Dolphin Hotel ) . 181 head of sheep . “ 1946. American Occupation Forces appropriate Sheep Pro- fessor's ...
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Ainu youth 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 head Hokkaido it'd J's Bar Japan jeep Johnny Rivers 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 sure talk tell there's things thought Tokyo Tokyo Station took town turned U.S. Army waiting walked watched whiskey whole WILD SHEEP CHASE window winter word
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |