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 87
... leaving without a word to you . You know , I meant to set things straight with you any number of times , but I just couldn't . I wrote a lot of letters and tore them all up . It should've been obvi- ous , but there was no way I could ...
... leaving without a word to you . You know , I meant to set things straight with you any number of times , but I just couldn't . I wrote a lot of letters and tore them all up . It should've been obvi- ous , but there was no way I could ...
Page 256
... leaving , I can't bring myself to do it . Can you see what I mean ? If the town's really going to die , then the urge to stay on and see the town to its end wins out . " " Were you born here in this town ? " I asked . " Yes , " he said ...
... leaving , I can't bring myself to do it . Can you see what I mean ? If the town's really going to die , then the urge to stay on and see the town to its end wins out . " " Were you born here in this town ? " I asked . " Yes , " he said ...
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... leaving the pasture a patchwork of snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected on the roof's gables came sliding down in would - be icebergs that broke up on the ground with an unnerving thud . Melting snow ...
... leaving the pasture a patchwork of snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected on the roof's gables came sliding down in would - be icebergs that broke up on the ground with an unnerving thud . Melting snow ...
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