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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novelby: Haruki Murakami  EAN: 9784770017062 Format: Import ISBN: 4770017065 Label: Kodansha International Ltd ,Japan Manufacturer: Kodansha International Ltd ,Japan Number Of Pages: 312 Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd ,Japan Studio: Kodansha International Ltd ,Japan Related Items:
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 Rating: - Fantastically OddThis gem of a novel was required reading for a world literature class I took. I waited until the last minute to read it, but it ended up being a breeze to get through because it was so fantastically odd. I would not be the least bit surprised to find out that Murakami was a Stanley Kubrick fan. I fully intend to check out the rest of his work. Rating:  - FailureAfter reading the first 3 chapters of "Choke" in a bookstore, I realized I couldn't subject myself to the narrative torture of another Palahniuk. I had been eye-balling "Kafka on the Shore" for quite a while, and with high hopes for this author, I figured I should start with his first novel. Personally, I think Murakami's highlight is in some of the one on one dialogue scenes in the first half in the book. Possibly the best scene in the book is when he first meets the girl with the mysteriously ... Read More Rating:  - a wild sheep chase, a while fantasythere are many types of people in this world, but this review simplifies them into just two, the ones who love murakami work and the ones who dont. my guess is that there would be a fairly sizable contingent on either side. others have reviewed the book fairly well. i would like to suggest that you read the first 5 pages of the book, before you decide to buy it. it may save you some money if you are not one of those who love it. the story of this book if said in a plain vanilla fashion ... Read More Rating: - A Wild Sheep Chase indeedJapan, 1978; after a brief introduction of our un-named main character and his own description of a casual fling he had with a former classmate that has recently died we are brought forward 8 years to 1978. Now 29 years old and partner in an add agency. A friend had sent him a postcard with an unusual picture in it and asked that the picture be used in something that would be viewed by a lot of people. What our protagonist doesn't know is that captured in the picture is a sheep that isn't supposed to exist in Japan ... Read More Rating: - Brilliant writing, won over a skepticUsually the second something happens in a novel that separates it from reality, whether it is visions of the dead or aliens invading the earth (just to name examples, not that both those things happen in A Wild Sheep Chase) I start to dislike a book. But Murakami's calm, reasoned, well-described mysterious quest on which he sends his main narrator overcomes my usual distrust of the unbelievable in books and I was willing to enjoy and even love the novel despite its slightly fantastical twist(s). Murakami's characters ... Read More 
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