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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... they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I asked , kettle in hand . An ever so slight nod of her head . " You've been waiting all this time ? " No A Wild Sheep Chase 17.
... they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I asked , kettle in hand . An ever so slight nod of her head . " You've been waiting all this time ? " No A Wild Sheep Chase 17.
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A Novel Haruki Murakami. " You've been waiting all this time ? " No answer . The room had steamed up from the boiling water and strong sun . I shut the window and switched on the air conditioner , then set the two mugs of coffee on the ...
A Novel Haruki Murakami. " You've been waiting all this time ? " No answer . The room had steamed up from the boiling water and strong sun . I shut the window and switched on the air conditioner , then set the two mugs of coffee on the ...
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... waiting room , like most waiting rooms , was deserted and unremarkable . The benches were miserably uncomfortable , the ashtrays swollen with waterlogged cigarette butts , the air stale . On the walls were travel posters and most ...
... waiting room , like most waiting rooms , was deserted and unremarkable . The benches were miserably uncomfortable , the ashtrays swollen with waterlogged cigarette butts , the air stale . On the walls were travel posters and most ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |