A Wild Sheep ChaseA marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami's international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral 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 in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our hero from the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. |
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Page 19
The light of morning decomposes everything . I gave up on the coffee midway , dug a bent cigarette out of my pocket , and lit up with matches that I'd never seen before . The tip of the cigarette crackled dryly as its lavender smoke ...
The light of morning decomposes everything . I gave up on the coffee midway , dug a bent cigarette out of my pocket , and lit up with matches that I'd never seen before . The tip of the cigarette crackled dryly as its lavender smoke ...
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Who knows what might come to light ? That is how you came into the picture . You and your sheep . Any way one looks at it , this is no coincidence . ” I balanced the lighter in my hand . It had an excellent feel to it .
Who knows what might come to light ? That is how you came into the picture . You and your sheep . Any way one looks at it , this is no coincidence . ” I balanced the lighter in my hand . It had an excellent feel to it .
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odor and blended into time , merged with the light . What had probably once been a large space was so packed with old books and papers you could hardly see the floor . Almost all the publications were scholarly tomes written in foreign ...
odor and blended into time , merged with the light . What had probably once been a large space was so packed with old books and papers you could hardly see the floor . Almost all the publications were scholarly tomes written in foreign ...
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User Review - donhazelwood - LibraryThingThis book ... this book ... this book came at me like Kurt Vonnegut on Risperidone telling his version of Moby Dick. A great read - I don't quite know what Murakami was trying to say - but I throughly ... Read full review
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User Review - Aug3Zimm - LibraryThingIntellectually interesting but not emotionally engaging. One thing I really enjoy about Murakami is how he portrays a sense of disconnectedness between people. That feeling was more prevalent in the ... Read full review
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| Title | A Wild Sheep Chase Vintage International |
| Author | 春樹·村上 |
| Translated by | Alfred Birnbaum |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 2002 |
| ISBN | 037571894X, 9780375718946 |
| Length | 353 pages |
| Subjects | › › FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime Fiction / Literary Fiction / Magical Realism Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery |
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