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 106
... river flowing in the white light of the mercury - vapor streetlamp . The water was as clear as ever . It came straight out of the hills with nothing to pollute it along the way . The river had silted up with the small rocks and gravel ...
... river flowing in the white light of the mercury - vapor streetlamp . The water was as clear as ever . It came straight out of the hills with nothing to pollute it along the way . The river had silted up with the small rocks and gravel ...
Page 107
... river met the sea , it turned into an inlet , or rather into a half - filled - in canal . Here was the only untouched stretch of oceanfront left , fifty yards of it . There was even something of the old beach . Small waves rolled in ...
... river met the sea , it turned into an inlet , or rather into a half - filled - in canal . Here was the only untouched stretch of oceanfront left , fifty yards of it . There was even something of the old beach . Small waves rolled in ...
Page 236
... river , twelve , and report the name of Junitaki- buraku , or Twelve Falls Settlement , to the Territorial Govern- ment . From then on , the settlement bore the formal appellation Junitaki - buraku ( and later , Junitaki - mura , Twelve ...
... river , twelve , and report the name of Junitaki- buraku , or Twelve Falls Settlement , to the Territorial Govern- ment . From then on , the settlement bore the formal appellation Junitaki - buraku ( and later , Junitaki - mura , Twelve ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |