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 272
... road widened slightly , he stepped on the brake . He turned off the engine , and we sat , delivered into the midst of a frozen silence . There was only the wind taking its survey of the land . The caretaker rested both hands on the ...
... road widened slightly , he stepped on the brake . He turned off the engine , and we sat , delivered into the midst of a frozen silence . There was only the wind taking its survey of the land . The caretaker rested both hands on the ...
Page 273
... road did not seem all that damp to me . On the contrary , it looked hard - packed and dry . " The core is damp , ” he explained . " It fools everyone . Things are different in these parts . " " Different ? " Instead of answering , he ...
... road did not seem all that damp to me . On the contrary , it looked hard - packed and dry . " The core is damp , ” he explained . " It fools everyone . Things are different in these parts . " " Different ? " Instead of answering , he ...
Page 276
... road were saturated from the rain of two days before . The road seemed endless , like the birch forest around it . The low clouds , which had been terrifying only a short while before , now seemed surreal through the woods . After ...
... road were saturated from the rain of two days before . The road seemed endless , like the birch forest around it . The low clouds , which had been terrifying only a short while before , now seemed surreal through the woods . After ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |