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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... months , ten days , " she answered right off . " From the time I first met him to the time he disappeared . Two months and ten days . I remember because I keep a diary . " The orange juice came and my empty coffee cup was spirited away ...
... months , ten days , " she answered right off . " From the time I first met him to the time he disappeared . Two months and ten days . I remember because I keep a diary . " The orange juice came and my empty coffee cup was spirited away ...
Page 153
... month you have not found that sheep , you are finished . You will have nowhere to go back to . " One month . I thought it over . But my head was beyond dealing with concepts of time . One month , two months , was there any real ...
... month you have not found that sheep , you are finished . You will have nowhere to go back to . " One month . I thought it over . But my head was beyond dealing with concepts of time . One month , two months , was there any real ...
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... , I have to be going on a trip from tomorrow . A long trip , I expect . One month , two months , three months , I really don't know . Maybe I'll never come back to Tokyo . " " Er ... umm . " " So I want 172 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... , I have to be going on a trip from tomorrow . A long trip , I expect . One month , two months , three months , I really don't know . Maybe I'll never come back to Tokyo . " " Er ... umm . " " So I want 172 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |