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 105
... things . Good things happen too , good people can make things worthwhile . " " Yeah ? Name three , " I said . J gave it a thought , then laughed . " That's for your children's generation to decide , not you . Your generation ...
... things . Good things happen too , good people can make things worthwhile . " " Yeah ? Name three , " I said . J gave it a thought , then laughed . " That's for your children's generation to decide , not you . Your generation ...
Page 108
... things from twelve years back . At times , I've thrown half a dozen things at once and nobody said a word . " " That was back then , " said the security guard . " This is city property now and it's against the law to discard rubbish on ...
... things from twelve years back . At times , I've thrown half a dozen things at once and nobody said a word . " " That was back then , " said the security guard . " This is city property now and it's against the law to discard rubbish on ...
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... things this way , " she said , comparing the left and right sides of the chronology , " we Japanese seem to live from war to war . " " Sure seems that way , ” I said . " How did things ever get like this ? " " It's complicated . I can't ...
... things this way , " she said , comparing the left and right sides of the chronology , " we Japanese seem to live from war to war . " " Sure seems that way , ” I said . " How did things ever get like this ? " " It's complicated . I can't ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |