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A Wild Sheep Chase

by Haruki Murakami

First Edition, Twelfth Impression

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Bookseller: artful books (GB)
Bookseller Inventory #: 000474
Format/binding: Paperback
Book condition: Fine
Illustrator: Megan Grieg (Dustjacket)
Edition: First Edition, Twelfth Impression
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0452265169
ISBN 13: 9780452265165
Publisher: Plume
Place: New York
Date published: 1999
Size: 5.25 x 8 x 0.75 inches
LCCN: PL856.U673H5713 1990
Dewey: 895.6/35
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Keywords: Novels, Japanese Literature

Book Description

New York: Plume, 1999. 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. This first impression, twelfth impression form Plume is the translation by Alfred Birnbaum and is softback, as issued. It measures approx 8" x 5.5", has 299 pages and weighs 300g. I would rate its condition as fine. It is pristine. . First Edition, Twelfth Impression. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Megan Grieg (Dustjacket). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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