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| A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 110 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7301
Category: Book
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
Studio: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Label: Vintage
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 037571894X
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.635
EAN: 9780375718946
ASIN: 037571894X
Publication Date: April 9, 2002
Release Date: April 9, 2002
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| Customer Reviews:
 AWESOME April 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best Murakami in my opinion and I've read almost all of his work.
Metaphysical reality March 13, 2008
This story starts with a funeral and ends with a dead person. What a lot happens inbetween. I felt that I was missing something because of all the references to animals: rat, sheep, dorks. It was well written and a very good story. I was taken aback by the final chapters. It was not what I expected at all, and yet it was a really good ending. I guess that it ended with mediocrity winning. That is reality for all of us: we are mediocre, with flashs of excellence. The excellence may be what gets us by, but we live with reality, mediocrity.
Follow Your Star January 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Multiple story lines; multiple characters that maybe aren't. Where am I going? I don't know. What am I going to do when I get there? I don't know. Who am I going with? I don't know. Why am I doing this? I don't know. Will I ever know? Maybe.
Confusion abounds; but that is a good thing. Characters do things we don't understand; and that is a good thing. To enjoy this, just go along for the ride. This was my first Murakami and I had to re-read the first 20 pages or so and slow down. It was much more fun then.
Murakami is not imitating any other writer. I wish him a long life and many more stories. I've already ordered several more.
 Too slow and weird for its own good January 10, 2008
This book was so unwieldy I had to force myself to read it. I realize this is probably the Japanese version of magical realism, but for some reason it was a tedious read. I think part of the reason why it was slow is the typical Japanese insistence on describing boredom and the mood of "what good can possibly happen" a little too well.
The only other Murakami novel I have read as of now is Norwegian Wood, and that is a wonderful breath of fresh air in comparison. In fact, Norwegian Wood is one of my favorite novels in general - check that out if you are just starting with Murakami.
Not my favorite, but ok... December 21, 2007
Not as exciting to read as his other novels, but there were some parts in the story that made me look forward to getting on the train during rush hour so that I can pick up where I left off... Made me think a lot about our advanced capitalist society (along with Dance Dance Dance), and had a few interesting characters, but definitely not as interesting as his later novels.
Again, someone told me that the first Murakami book that you read (the one that got you hooked) will always be your favorite, and at least for me, it's true. Kafka on the shore (Hard boiled Wonderland takes second place) is still the best.
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