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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... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
... chauffeur . The very same religious chauffeur from two days ago . " Good morning , " said I. " Good morning , " said my girlfriend . She held the cat . I carried the cat food and bag of kitty litter . " Fabulous weather , isn't it ...
Page 179
... chauffeur nodded repeatedly , satisfied . " How about it ? What say I go ahead and give the little guy a name ... chauffeur . " What do you think ? " I asked my girlfriend . " Not bad , " she said . " It's like being witness to the ...
... chauffeur nodded repeatedly , satisfied . " How about it ? What say I go ahead and give the little guy a name ... chauffeur . " What do you think ? " I asked my girlfriend . " Not bad , " she said . " It's like being witness to the ...
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... chauffeur fell silent . Only this time he didn't stay silent for very long . " You know what I think ? " said the chauffeur . " I think maybe we ought to cast a warmer eye on the subject . " " Meaning ? " " I mean towns and parks and ...
... chauffeur fell silent . Only this time he didn't stay silent for very long . " You know what I think ? " said the chauffeur . " I think maybe we ought to cast a warmer eye on the subject . " " Meaning ? " " I mean towns and parks and ...
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Ainu youth Asahikawa asked ballpoint pen beer better birch Boss caretaker chaise longue chauffeur cigarette clock coffee cold cyst dark desk Dolphin Hotel door drank ears everything eyes face feel fingers girlfriend glass gone guess hair hand Haruki Murakami head Hokkaido it'd J's Bar Japan jeep 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 Sputnik Sweetheart stared stood sure talk tell there's things thought Tokyo took town turned U.S. Army waiting walked watched whiskey whole Wild Sheep Chase Wind-Up Bird Chronicle window winter word
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |