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 155
... Gone out to eat . Back by 9:30 . " The digital clock on the table read 9:30 . I watched it flip over to 9:31 , then to 9:32 . When I got bored with watching the clock , I got out of my clothes , took a shower , and washed my hair ...
... Gone out to eat . Back by 9:30 . " The digital clock on the table read 9:30 . I watched it flip over to 9:31 , then to 9:32 . When I got bored with watching the clock , I got out of my clothes , took a shower , and washed my hair ...
Page 213
... gone , his watch was gone . His explanation , which everyone seemed willing to accept , was that he'd lost his way and his horse fell injured . " Not one month later , a bizarre rumor began to spread through the government offices ...
... gone , his watch was gone . His explanation , which everyone seemed willing to accept , was that he'd lost his way and his horse fell injured . " Not one month later , a bizarre rumor began to spread through the government offices ...
Page 265
... gone , weeds overwhelmed the farmland . The town came to the end of its short hundred - year history and sank into the earth . Time regressed like a film running backward . Once again Ainu deer , black bears , and wolves came to live on ...
... gone , weeds overwhelmed the farmland . The town came to the end of its short hundred - year history and sank into the earth . Time regressed like a film running backward . Once again Ainu deer , black bears , and wolves came to live on ...
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