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Title	:	A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat #3)
Author	:	Haruki Murakami
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 353 pages
Published	:	April 9th 2002 by Vintage (first published 1982)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Magical Realism

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His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be running the world, and the upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist.

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Original Title:	羊をめぐる冒険 (Hitsuji o meguru bōken)
ISBN:	037571894X (ISBN13: 9780375718946)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Rat #3
Setting:	Tokyo(Japan) Sapporo,1978(Japan) Hokkaido,1978(Japan) …more Junitaki,1978(Japan) …less
Literary Awards:	Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞 for New Face Prize (1982)

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A roller coaster of a book. Since it's hard to describe and others have already done so, I'm just going to go with how it made me feel to read it. An unorthodox way to review a book, but maybe not for a book made of magical realism, mystery, philosophy, sex, drinks, rock and roll and of course the ubiquitous sheep, in which you never learn the names of the characters and they really don't matter anyway. At times it's all wheeeeeeeee and then it's ooooof, then more wheeeeee and ooooooof with some

A Wild Sheep Chase was the third book that I have read by Murakami. I found out after I finished that it is that third book in "The Trilogy of the Rat". The first two books in this series are now out of print, but after reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I think I have to chase down some used copies of the novels and experience the trilogy in full.I interpreted the novel to be a story of emotion journey more than a story of physical journey. There was an actual journey involved as the main character

I was reading Murakami before it was cool. cough, coughI've read this book for the first time 10 years ago. It was my first Murakami and I fell in love. And since then I started tracing down and devouring everything that he's written and what was translated into any language I could understand. I was successful. So successful that I actually run out of Murakami.So for some time now I was feeling like rereading some of his novels, especially A Wild Sheep Chase and was a bit afraid of

Reading Murakami is like experiencing someone else's dream. Trying to review Murakami is like trying to remember your own -- scattered events, confusing narrative lapses, inexplicable elements, petrified whale penises. A series of images: And then you wake up. And wonder what that was all about.

'A Wild Sheep Chase' is a trippy tale with a mix of detective story, myth, fantasy and philosophy. Though it can be enjoyed simply as a fable at its face-value, just a little thought reveals a multi-layered allegory. On one hand, "the sheep" could signify post-war Japan itself. At the same time, the protagonist's sheep chase also ends up being a search for his own identity, his emotions and meaning of his existence. It is as much a physical journey as a spiritual journey. There are also several

Our hand-reared cockatiel is on borrowed time if she continues to peck lumps off the books on my Murakami shelf. Clearly, she likes his books as well (but for different reasons than me). She moved from 1Q84 (unread), to this book, as the little bite marks attest.Vacuum the paper trail. Breathe. Ahhhhhhhhh. Oh my goodness, every time I read this man I swoon with admiration. Theres something extremely comforting for me, knowing Im in the hands of a masterful technician of the written word like

When one is approached by a random person and asked to locate a life form that is physically unable to exist, but which you have a picture of, and you choose to do it because you have to, you know you're in for something fantastical. Part noir thriller, part philosophical daydream, the wild sheep chase moves effortlessly along (partially due to the brilliant translation), and scene by scene we are more and more drawn into the story of soon to be thirty year old J. Philosophical detours into