| A Wild Sheep Chase Contributor(s): Murakami, Haruki (Author) |
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ISBN: 037571894X ISBN-13: 9780375718946 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase" is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami's international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral 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 in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our hero from the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001045516 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.01" W x 8.22" (0.61 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. 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. |