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 226
... winter . Other than myself , I can't imagine any other human staying there the winter through . You can pay the municipal shepherds in the town at the foot of the hills to look after the sheep . The roof of the house is sloped so that ...
... winter . Other than myself , I can't imagine any other human staying there the winter through . You can pay the municipal shepherds in the town at the foot of the hills to look after the sheep . The roof of the house is sloped so that ...
Page 311
... winter ? " The Sheep Man nodded silently . " But I didn't see any smoke . " " Nofireyet.Nottillthesnowsetsin.Butevenafteritsnowsyouwouldn't beabletoseethesmokefromourfire . Wegotaspecialwayofbuildingfires . " He grinned , self ...
... winter ? " The Sheep Man nodded silently . " But I didn't see any smoke . " " Nofireyet.Nottillthesnowsetsin.Butevenafteritsnowsyouwouldn't beabletoseethesmokefromourfire . Wegotaspecialwayofbuildingfires . " He grinned , self ...
Page 313
... winter- dark wordless green pasture stretched between us . That afternoon I baked bread . The Rat's Bread Baking proved to be a thoughtfully written cookbook . On the cover was written : " If you can read , then you can bake bread ...
... winter- dark wordless green pasture stretched between us . That afternoon I baked bread . The Rat's Bread Baking proved to be a thoughtfully written cookbook . On the cover was written : " If you can read , then you can bake bread ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |