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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... guess you're right , " she said . " I thought for a second there that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like when I'm sound asleep . " " I'm afraid I'm not the killer type . " " Oh ? " " As far as I know . " She ...
... guess you're right , " she said . " I thought for a second there that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like when I'm sound asleep . " " I'm afraid I'm not the killer type . " " Oh ? " " As far as I know . " She ...
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... " " Thanks . " " Had you wanted children ? " she suddenly asked . " Nah , can't say I ever wanted kids . ” " I wondered about that for a while there . But seeing how it ended up like this , I guess it was just A Wild Sheep Chase 21.
... " " Thanks . " " Had you wanted children ? " she suddenly asked . " Nah , can't say I ever wanted kids . ” " I wondered about that for a while there . But seeing how it ended up like this , I guess it was just A Wild Sheep Chase 21.
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... probably right , ” she said , toying with my lighter . “ I still love you . But I guess that's not the point now , is it ? I know that well enough myself . " The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another 22 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... probably right , ” she said , toying with my lighter . “ I still love you . But I guess that's not the point now , is it ? I know that well enough myself . " The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another 22 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... vastness of the rest of our lives , the founda- tions we'd laid barely scraped zero . All we'd done our four years together was to eat through our savings . Mostly my fault , I guess . Probably I never A Wild Sheep Chase 25.
... vastness of the rest of our lives , the founda- tions we'd laid barely scraped zero . All we'd done our four years together was to eat through our savings . Mostly my fault , I guess . Probably I never A Wild Sheep Chase 25.
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A Novel Haruki Murakami. Mostly my fault , I guess . Probably I never should have gotten married . At least never to her . In the beginning , she thought she was the one unfit for society and made me out to be the socially functioning ...
A Novel Haruki Murakami. Mostly my fault , I guess . Probably I never should have gotten married . At least never to her . In the beginning , she thought she was the one unfit for society and made me out to be the socially functioning ...
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