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 81
... side of the original structure . The intention wasn't bad , but the effect was unpalatable . Like serving sherbet and broccoli on the same silver platter . This unhappy combination stood untouched for several decades until someone added ...
... side of the original structure . The intention wasn't bad , but the effect was unpalatable . Like serving sherbet and broccoli on the same silver platter . This unhappy combination stood untouched for several decades until someone added ...
Page 203
... side of a featureless land , shot up in a cannonball arc across the sky , then set on the other side . The fifth , then the sixth day passed . October lay heavy on the town . The sun was warm enough but the wind grew brisk , and by late ...
... side of a featureless land , shot up in a cannonball arc across the sky , then set on the other side . The fifth , then the sixth day passed . October lay heavy on the town . The sun was warm enough but the wind grew brisk , and by late ...
Page 257
... side , plunging the sheep on the left side into a murky blue shadow . The instant I entered the sheep house , all two hundred sheep turned in my direction . Half the sheep stood , the other half lay on the hay spread over their pen ...
... side , plunging the sheep on the left side into a murky blue shadow . The instant I entered the sheep house , all two hundred sheep turned in my direction . Half the sheep stood , the other half lay on the hay spread over their pen ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |