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 47
... reason why she treated me special . I couldn't for the life of me believe I might be any better or different in any way than anyone else . But when I told her that , she only laughed . " It's really very simple , " she said . " You ...
... reason why she treated me special . I couldn't for the life of me believe I might be any better or different in any way than anyone else . But when I told her that , she only laughed . " It's really very simple , " she said . " You ...
Page 173
... reason why you can't do fine . " There was a click as the last ten - yen coin dropped into the machine . I fed the phone another three coins . " I'm not you , " he said . " You can make it on your own . Not me . Things don't go anywhere ...
... reason why you can't do fine . " There was a click as the last ten - yen coin dropped into the machine . I fed the phone another three coins . " I'm not you , " he said . " You can make it on your own . Not me . Things don't go anywhere ...
Page 214
... reason for dismissal from your offices ? A : It is my office to study sheep , sir . Q : Spiritual communion is not a recognized course of study . Henceforth , I would ask that you amend your ways . Consider your graduation with honors ...
... reason for dismissal from your offices ? A : It is my office to study sheep , sir . Q : Spiritual communion is not a recognized course of study . Henceforth , I would ask that you amend your ways . Consider your graduation with honors ...
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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 |