A Wild Sheep Chase: A NovelA New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the 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 who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. |
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... don't want to talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... don't want to talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . " I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro- portion , but I don't ...
... don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . " I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro- portion , but I don't ...
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... Don't mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a box of tissues to her . She quietly blew her nose , then brushed the hair from her cheek . " Actually , I planned on being gone by the time you returned . I didn't ...
... Don't mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a box of tissues to her . She quietly blew her nose , then brushed the hair from her cheek . " Actually , I planned on being gone by the time you returned . I didn't ...
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... don't need to explain anything to me , " she said . " I'm out of the picture already . " " I'm not explaining . I'm just making conversation . " She shrugged and pushed her brassiere strap back inside her dress . Her face had no ...
... don't need to explain anything to me , " she said . " I'm out of the picture already . " " I'm not explaining . I'm just making conversation . " She shrugged and pushed her brassiere strap back inside her dress . Her face had no ...
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... don't want you to come . You understand , don't you ? " Of course I did . I talk too much , without thinking . " You have the address ? " " Yes . " " That's all that's left to do . Sorry for staying so long . " " And the paperwork , was ...
... don't want you to come . You understand , don't you ? " Of course I did . I talk too much , without thinking . " You have the address ? " " Yes . " " That's all that's left to do . Sorry for staying so long . " " And the paperwork , was ...
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