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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... and yet no reason to quit school . Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances . For months I'd been stuck , unable to take one step in any new direc- tion . The world kept moving on ; I alone A Wild Sheep Chase 7.
... and yet no reason to quit school . Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances . For months I'd been stuck , unable to take one step in any new direc- tion . The world kept moving on ; I alone A Wild Sheep Chase 7.
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... month had passed since I agreed to the divorce and she moved out . A non - month . Unfocused and unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee ...
... month had passed since I agreed to the divorce and she moved out . A non - month . Unfocused and unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee ...
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... month the way people X out days on a calendar , one after the one . In one sense , her disappearance was due to ... months ; she would be twenty - six . And if you considered the vastness of the rest of our lives , the founda- tions ...
... month the way people X out days on a calendar , one after the one . In one sense , her disappearance was due to ... months ; she would be twenty - six . And if you considered the vastness of the rest of our lives , the founda- tions ...
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... this was hardly what you could call a tragedy . July 24 , 8:25 A.M. I checked the numerals of the digital clock , closed my eyes , and fell asleep . Part Three September , Two Months Later The Whale's Penis 26 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... this was hardly what you could call a tragedy . July 24 , 8:25 A.M. I checked the numerals of the digital clock , closed my eyes , and fell asleep . Part Three September , Two Months Later The Whale's Penis 26 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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A Novel Haruki Murakami. Part Three September , Two Months Later The Whale's Penis and the Woman with Three Occupations To.
A Novel Haruki Murakami. Part Three September , Two Months Later The Whale's Penis and the Woman with Three Occupations To.
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