A wild sheep chase / Haruki Murakami; translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum.
By: Murakami, Haruki
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Contributor(s): Birnbaum, Alfred [translator].
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: Vintage InternationalDate of publication: 2002Description: 353 pages: 21 cm.ISBN: 9780375718946.Subject(s): Sheep -- Fiction | Japanese fiction | Detective and mystery stories | AllegoriesDDC classification: F M931 2002 WIL Summary: 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. Thus begins 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.
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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. Thus begins 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.
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