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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Page 47
... better , isn't it ? " " Sure . " " Then you ought to show them , " I said . " No need to go out of your way to put up with such dull times . " Dead serious , she stared at me and said , " You don't understand anything . " For sure ...
... better , isn't it ? " " Sure . " " Then you ought to show them , " I said . " No need to go out of your way to put up with such dull times . " Dead serious , she stared at me and said , " You don't understand anything . " For sure ...
Page 90
... better not . Otherwise , I might end up opening the wrong door some day , only to find I can't back out . Whatever , if the door's been opened , I better make a go of it . I mean 90 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... better not . Otherwise , I might end up opening the wrong door some day , only to find I can't back out . Whatever , if the door's been opened , I better make a go of it . I mean 90 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
Page 234
... better than he might have at first appeared . Hardly under- standing any Japanese , he led these eighteen grim , suspicious farmers north , up along the Ishikari River . He had a clean picture in mind where to go to find fertile land ...
... better than he might have at first appeared . Hardly under- standing any Japanese , he led these eighteen grim , suspicious farmers north , up along the Ishikari River . He had a clean picture in mind where to go to find fertile land ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |