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 77
... cigarette out of the cigarette case , examined it , held it up to my nose . A specially made plain - cut cigarette without a brand , an aroma akin to that of Rus- sian tobacco . I debated whether to smoke it or slip it into my pocket ...
... cigarette out of the cigarette case , examined it , held it up to my nose . A specially made plain - cut cigarette without a brand , an aroma akin to that of Rus- sian tobacco . I debated whether to smoke it or slip it into my pocket ...
Page 277
... cigarette the Rat smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The current whisked it off down- stream in an instant . " What is it ? " she asked . " I found a fresh ...
... cigarette the Rat smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The current whisked it off down- stream in an instant . " What is it ? " she asked . " I found a fresh ...
Page 291
... cigarette butt lay on the ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house ...
... cigarette butt lay on the ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house ...
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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 |