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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 5
... face , the name escapes me , but I slept with her lots of times , wonder what she's doing now , be funny to run into her on the street . " Back then , there was this girl who'd sleep with anyone . " That's her name . Of course ...
... face , the name escapes me , but I slept with her lots of times , wonder what she's doing now , be funny to run into her on the street . " Back then , there was this girl who'd sleep with anyone . " That's her name . Of course ...
Page 6
... face I recog- nized . Hard rock was playing as before , but the excitement in the air had vanished . Only she and the bad coffee were the same . I plunked down in the chair opposite her , and we talked about the old crowd . Most of the ...
... face I recog- nized . Hard rock was playing as before , but the excitement in the air had vanished . Only she and the bad coffee were the same . I plunked down in the chair opposite her , and we talked about the old crowd . Most of the ...
Page 15
... A simple achievement . One has only to accept the fact of being drunk at face value . No ifs , ands , or buts . Only the statement “ I am drunk , ” plain and simple . That's all it takes for me to become the Most 15 2 ...
... A simple achievement . One has only to accept the fact of being drunk at face value . No ifs , ands , or buts . Only the statement “ I am drunk , ” plain and simple . That's all it takes for me to become the Most 15 2 ...
Page 19
... face had no expression , like a photograph of a sunken city on the ocean floor . " An acquaintance of sorts from years back . No one you knew . " " Oh really ? " The cat gave his legs a good stretch , topped it off with a puff of a ...
... face had no expression , like a photograph of a sunken city on the ocean floor . " An acquaintance of sorts from years back . No one you knew . " " Oh really ? " The cat gave his legs a good stretch , topped it off with a puff of a ...
Page 20
... face . " Tell me , if I died , would you go out drinking like that ? " " The funeral had nothing to do with my drinking . Only the first one or two rounds , if that . " A new day was beginning . Another hot one . A cluster of sky ...
... face . " Tell me , if I died , would you go out drinking like that ? " " The funeral had nothing to do with my drinking . Only the first one or two rounds , if that . " A new day was beginning . Another hot one . A cluster of sky ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ainu youth Asahikawa asked ballpoint pen beer better birch Boss call girl 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 Johnny Rivers Junitaki Junitaki-cho killer frost kitchen lighter living looked mean minutes months morning mountains never nodded okay opened partner pasture photograph pocket probably pulled rain Rat's river road Sapporo seemed Sheep Professor Shinjuku Station silence sleep smoke snow sofa someone sound stared stood 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