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 171
... once a day you should give his ears a cleaning with a cotton swab and a little olive oil . He dislikes it and fights it , so be careful not to rup- ture the eardrum . Also , if you're worried he might claw the furni- ture , trim his ...
... once a day you should give his ears a cleaning with a cotton swab and a little olive oil . He dislikes it and fights it , so be careful not to rup- ture the eardrum . Also , if you're worried he might claw the furni- ture , trim his ...
Page 216
... once held me since the day I was born . Never once had a kind word for me . And since I lost my fingers and started going bald , he's done nothing but ridicule me . " " I'm sure he doesn't mean to ridicule you , " she said . " I can't ...
... once held me since the day I was born . Never once had a kind word for me . And since I lost my fingers and started going bald , he's done nothing but ridicule me . " " I'm sure he doesn't mean to ridicule you , " she said . " I can't ...
Page 261
... Once a week I went down to town , and a replacement looked after the sheep . Need to stock up on provisions and things . " " Then you weren't holed up there alone the whole time ? " " No. Summer lasts as long as the snow doesn't get too ...
... Once a week I went down to town , and a replacement looked after the sheep . Need to stock up on provisions and things . " " Then you weren't holed up there alone the whole time ? " " No. Summer lasts as long as the snow doesn't get too ...
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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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