false 48803940 979834 11298 037571894X 9780375718946 526 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/11/298/11298-m-1255726035.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/11/298/11298-s-1255726035.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11298.A_Wild_Sheep_Chase 3.92 6933 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.]]> 3354 3.96 105006 11491 1982 2 1 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:23:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:39:16 -0700 2009 A Wild Sheep Chase are beautifully written and very effective--they slowly start to weave a story about a man's unsuccessful romantic relationships. These initial chapters are told with an intense attention to detail, both physical, visceral details and...more...]]>