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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... closed the door . He climbed into the driver's seat and closed the door after himself . All without any more sound than flipping 75 XVI.
... closed the door . He climbed into the driver's seat and closed the door after himself . All without any more sound than flipping 75 XVI.
Page 244
... town slogan was " Bountiful Humanity in Boun- tiful Nature . " Or so the sign in front of the station read . I closed the book , yawned , and fell asleep . 30 The Further Decline of Junitaki and Its Sheep We 244 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... town slogan was " Bountiful Humanity in Boun- tiful Nature . " Or so the sign in front of the station read . I closed the book , yawned , and fell asleep . 30 The Further Decline of Junitaki and Its Sheep We 244 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
Page 323
... wandering around in the woods for three days . I closed my eyes and the next instant I was asleep . I had a terrifying dream . A dream too terrifying to recall . 38 And So Time Passes Darkness crept in through my A Wild Sheep Chase 323.
... wandering around in the woods for three days . I closed my eyes and the next instant I was asleep . I had a terrifying dream . A dream too terrifying to recall . 38 And So Time Passes Darkness crept in through my A Wild Sheep Chase 323.
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