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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... thought of killing me ? " she asked . " You ? " " Yeah . " " Why're you asking me such a thing ? " Her cigarette still at her lips , she rubbed her eyelid with her fin- gertip . " No special reason . " " No , never , " I said . " Honest ...
... thought of killing me ? " she asked . " You ? " " Yeah . " " Why're you asking me such a thing ? " Her cigarette still at her lips , she rubbed her eyelid with her fin- gertip . " No special reason . " " No , never , " I said . " Honest ...
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... thought there'd be a lot more to it . " " People who don't know anything about it all think so , but it really is simple . Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head . “ Get divorced twice ...
... thought there'd be a lot more to it . " " People who don't know anything about it all think so , but it really is simple . Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head . “ Get divorced twice ...
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... walks out , the husband keeps her slip draped over the chair . It made sense , now that I thought about it . True , it wouldn't really help things , but it beat having that dying geranium staring at me . Besides , 23 The Slip ...
... walks out , the husband keeps her slip draped over the chair . It made sense , now that I thought about it . True , it wouldn't really help things , but it beat having that dying geranium staring at me . Besides , 23 The Slip ...
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... thought she was the one unfit for society and made me out to be the socially functioning one . In our respec- tive roles , we got along relatively well . Yet no sooner had we thought we'd reached a lasting arrangement than something ...
... thought she was the one unfit for society and made me out to be the socially functioning one . In our respec- tive roles , we got along relatively well . Yet no sooner had we thought we'd reached a lasting arrangement than something ...
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... thought about whales for the longest time . In the aquarium of my memory , it is always late autumn . The glass of the tanks is cold . I'm wearing a heavy sweater . Through the large picture window of the exhibition room , the sea is ...
... thought about whales for the longest time . In the aquarium of my memory , it is always late autumn . The glass of the tanks is cold . I'm wearing a heavy sweater . Through the large picture window of the exhibition room , the sea is ...
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