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
... turned dark , mixing in an uneven sooty black . Imparting a grim cast to the mountains . In this caldron of a mountain , the winds whirled around , wheezing and moaning awfully . I wiped the sweat from my brow . Under my sweater , I was ...
... turned dark , mixing in an uneven sooty black . Imparting a grim cast to the mountains . In this caldron of a mountain , the winds whirled around , wheezing and moaning awfully . I wiped the sweat from my brow . Under my sweater , I was ...
Page 304
... turned steadily cooler . Day by day , the bright golden leaves of the birches turned more spotted as the first winds of winter slipped between the withered branches and across the highlands toward the southeast . Stopping in the center ...
... turned steadily cooler . Day by day , the bright golden leaves of the birches turned more spotted as the first winds of winter slipped between the withered branches and across the highlands toward the southeast . Stopping in the center ...
Page 313
... turned to leave . " Ifyougooutwalking , " the Sheep Man called out as he departed , " makesureyoudon'tforgetthebell . " I headed straight back for the house as the Sheep Man disap- peared into the woods to the east , the same as before ...
... turned to leave . " Ifyougooutwalking , " the Sheep Man called out as he departed , " makesureyoudon'tforgetthebell . " I headed straight back for the house as the Sheep Man disap- peared into the woods to the east , the same as before ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |