Haruki Murakami- Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase is one of Murakami's most fantastical novels. An advertising executive, infatuated with a girl who possesses the most perfect ears (an erotic charge for him) uses a picture of a sheep with a star on it's back. This catapults him into a weird adventure to find the mythical sheep up in the wilds of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. There are strange encounters, a hotel with an extra disappearing floor, and other oddities. A Wild Sheep Chase is an early Murakami work, but it's remarkable and individual voice makes it one of the most thrilling of his books.
Tracklist:
- A Wild Sheep Chase ? Part One
- About Her Background I Know Almost Nothing
- Part Two ? July, Eight Years Earlier
- I Held Out a Box of Tissues to Her
- the Slip
- Part Three ? September, Two Months Later
- I First Became Acquainted with Her (Or Rather Her Ears)
- What a Lovely Place, She Said. Do You Come Here Often?
- As a Close Friend, There Are a Couple of Things I Want to Ask You
- I Grew Up in An Ordinary Little Town, Went to An Ordinary School
- Unblocked Ears
- the Further Adventures of Unblocked Ears
- Part Four ? a Wild Sheep Chase, I
- Okay, I Know What You're Trying to Say, I Said
- Now the Strange Man
- You Are Familiar with the Partys Name, I Trust? Said the Man
- the Boss
- 1
- Counting Sheep
- 1
- the Limo and It's Driver
- 1
- Wherefore the Worm Universe
- But Then Some Joker of An Architect Came Along to Attach
- Part Five ? Letters from the Rat and Assorted Reminiscences
- Let Me Tell You About the Towns I've Seen
- 1
- the Rats Second Letter (Postmarked May, This Year)
- What the Hell Was I Talking About? Women, That's Right
- I Found the Letter in My Mailbox As I Was Leaving My Apartment
- 1
- the Song Is Over
- The Third JS Bar Was a Quarter of a Mile Away, By the River
- At Nine O'Clock, JS Bar Was Starting to Get Crowded
- 1
- She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking About the Sound of the Waves
- The Drizzle Still Hadn't Let Up By Five O'Clock the Next Evening
- It Seems I'm Boring You I Shook My Head
- Part Six ? a Wild Sheep Chase, II
- Even After I'd Finished, the Man Stared at Me Without Comment
- Did You Notice Anything Out of the Ordinary?
- 1
- the Strange Mans Strange Tale Goes on
- When He Finished Talking, the Man Cleared His Throat
- At That the Man Lit His Cigarette
- I Balanced the Lighter in My Hand. It Had An Excellent Feel to It
- 1
- the Limo and It's Driver, Again
- 2
- Summers End, Autumns Beginning
- 2
- One in Five Thousand
- 2
- Sunday Afternoon Picnic
- There Was a Travel Agency Near the Train Station, Where I Booked
- 2
- Limited But Tenacious Thinking
- The Man Read Back the Items from His Notepad. a Memo Well Taken
- 2
- One for the Kipper
- The Chauffeur Took Us to the Airport. the Cat Rode Quietly Up Front
- We Received Our Boarding Passes at the Airport Check-In Counter
- Part Seven ? the Dolphin Hotel Affair
- We Came Out of the Movie Theatre and Strolled the Twilit Streets,.
- I Wrote My Name on the Card But Had Second Thoughts
- 2
- Enter the Sheep Professor
- The Fifth, Then the Sixth Day Passed. October Laid Heavy on the Town
- Just Great, Said I. This Just Great Business Was Becoming a Habit
- 2
- the Sheep Professor Eats All, Tells All
- February 193
- the Sheep Professor Is Ordered Home to Japan
- The Sheep Professor Had Long Hair, White As Snow
- The Sheep Professor Began. It Was the Summer of 1935
- I Began with the Route the Sheep Took After It Left
- 2
- Farewell to the Dolphin Hotel
- Part Eight ? a Wild Sheep Chase, III
- It's Not Obvious Why the Ainu Youth, Instead of Returning
- Of Course, the Government Was Not Being Generous for Nothing
- 3
- the Further Decline of Junitaki and It's Sheep
- A Few Minutes Before Departure Time, She Returned with a Bag
- Beyond the Shops, the Road Ambled Down a Slope to the River
- The Livestock Officer Drove a Small Sedan
- The Caretaker Was Next to the Barn, Stacking Plastic Bags
- 3
- Night in Junitaki
- 3
- An Unlucky Bend in the Road
- You Leave the Disinfecting to the Afternoon?
- After Thirty Minutes Drive, the Paved Surface Suddenly Disappeared
- The Sky Was Weighed Down with a Moist, Uniform Gray
- Straight on Across the Pasture Stood An Old American-Style
- Only in the Farther Small Bedroom Was There Any Lingering Scent
- 3
- She Leaves the Mountain; Hunger Strikes
- 3
- a Find in the Garage; Thoughts in the Middle of the Pasture
- 3
- the Sheep Man Cometh
- I'm Looking for a Friend of Mine, I Ventured
- 3
- the Winds Own Private Thoroughfare
- Something Gnawed at Me. Something That Had Passed Before
- Seated on the Edge of a Bridge, Watching Me, Was the Sheep Man
- Early in the Afternoon of the Ninth Day, I Was Looking Through
- 3
- Things the Mirror Shows, Things the Mirror Doesn't
- On the Twelfth Day, Snow Fell for the Third Time
- 3
- And So Time Passes
- 3
- Dwellers in Darkness
- 4
- the Rat Who Wound the Clock
- I Could Say Nothing
- The Rat Let Go a Good, Jolly Laugh from Off in the Dark
- 4
- Green Cords and Red Cords; Frozen Seagulls
- 4
- Return Visit to the Unlucky Bend
- 4
- the Twelve-O'Clock Rendezvous
- Epilogue
UPC > 730099096225
Format > New CD
Label > Naxos Audio Books
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A Wild Sheep Chase is one of Murakami's most fantastical novels. An advertising executive, infatuated with a girl who possesses the most perfect ears (an erotic charge for him) uses a picture of a sheep with a star on it's back. This catapults him into a weird adventure to find the mythical sheep up in the wilds of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. There are strange encounters, a hotel with an extra disappearing floor, and other oddities. A Wild Sheep Chase is an early Murakami work, but it's remarkable and individual voice makes it one of the most thrilling of his books.
Tracklist:
- A Wild Sheep Chase ? Part One
- About Her Background I Know Almost Nothing
- Part Two ? July, Eight Years Earlier
- I Held Out a Box of Tissues to Her
- the Slip
- Part Three ? September, Two Months Later
- I First Became Acquainted with Her (Or Rather Her Ears)
- What a Lovely Place, She Said. Do You Come Here Often?
- As a Close Friend, There Are a Couple of Things I Want to Ask You
- I Grew Up in An Ordinary Little Town, Went to An Ordinary School
- Unblocked Ears
- the Further Adventures of Unblocked Ears
- Part Four ? a Wild Sheep Chase, I
- Okay, I Know What You're Trying to Say, I Said
- Now the Strange Man
- You Are Familiar with the Partys Name, I Trust? Said the Man
- the Boss
- 1
- Counting Sheep
- 1
- the Limo and It's Driver
- 1
- Wherefore the Worm Universe
- But Then Some Joker of An Architect Came Along to Attach
- Part Five ? Letters from the Rat and Assorted Reminiscences
- Let Me Tell You About the Towns I've Seen
- 1
- the Rats Second Letter (Postmarked May, This Year)
- What the Hell Was I Talking About? Women, That's Right
- I Found the Letter in My Mailbox As I Was Leaving My Apartment
- 1
- the Song Is Over
- The Third JS Bar Was a Quarter of a Mile Away, By the River
- At Nine O'Clock, JS Bar Was Starting to Get Crowded
- 1
- She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking About the Sound of the Waves
- The Drizzle Still Hadn't Let Up By Five O'Clock the Next Evening
- It Seems I'm Boring You I Shook My Head
- Part Six ? a Wild Sheep Chase, II
- Even After I'd Finished, the Man Stared at Me Without Comment
- Did You Notice Anything Out of the Ordinary?
- 1
- the Strange Mans Strange Tale Goes on
- When He Finished Talking, the Man Cleared His Throat
- At That the Man Lit His Cigarette
- I Balanced the Lighter in My Hand. It Had An Excellent Feel to It
- 1
- the Limo and It's Driver, Again
- 2
- Summers End, Autumns Beginning
- 2
- One in Five Thousand
- 2
- Sunday Afternoon Picnic
- There Was a Travel Agency Near the Train Station, Where I Booked
- 2
- Limited But Tenacious Thinking
- The Man Read Back the Items from His Notepad. a Memo Well Taken
- 2
- One for the Kipper
- The Chauffeur Took Us to the Airport. the Cat Rode Quietly Up Front
- We Received Our Boarding Passes at the Airport Check-In Counter
- Part Seven ? the Dolphin Hotel Affair
- We Came Out of the Movie Theatre and Strolled the Twilit Streets,.
- I Wrote My Name on the Card But Had Second Thoughts
- 2
- Enter the Sheep Professor
- The Fifth, Then the Sixth Day Passed. October Laid Heavy on the Town
- Just Great, Said I. This Just Great Business Was Becoming a Habit
- 2
- the Sheep Professor Eats All, Tells All
- February 193
- the Sheep Professor Is Ordered Home to Japan
- The Sheep Professor Had Long Hair, White As Snow
- The Sheep Professor Began. It Was the Summer of 1935
- I Began with the Route the Sheep Took After It Left
- 2
- Farewell to the Dolphin Hotel
- Part Eight ? a Wild Sheep Chase, III
- It's Not Obvious Why the Ainu Youth, Instead of Returning
- Of Course, the Government Was Not Being Generous for Nothing
- 3
- the Further Decline of Junitaki and It's Sheep
- A Few Minutes Before Departure Time, She Returned with a Bag
- Beyond the Shops, the Road Ambled Down a Slope to the River
- The Livestock Officer Drove a Small Sedan
- The Caretaker Was Next to the Barn, Stacking Plastic Bags
- 3
- Night in Junitaki
- 3
- An Unlucky Bend in the Road
- You Leave the Disinfecting to the Afternoon?
- After Thirty Minutes Drive, the Paved Surface Suddenly Disappeared
- The Sky Was Weighed Down with a Moist, Uniform Gray
- Straight on Across the Pasture Stood An Old American-Style
- Only in the Farther Small Bedroom Was There Any Lingering Scent
- 3
- She Leaves the Mountain; Hunger Strikes
- 3
- a Find in the Garage; Thoughts in the Middle of the Pasture
- 3
- the Sheep Man Cometh
- I'm Looking for a Friend of Mine, I Ventured
- 3
- the Winds Own Private Thoroughfare
- Something Gnawed at Me. Something That Had Passed Before
- Seated on the Edge of a Bridge, Watching Me, Was the Sheep Man
- Early in the Afternoon of the Ninth Day, I Was Looking Through
- 3
- Things the Mirror Shows, Things the Mirror Doesn't
- On the Twelfth Day, Snow Fell for the Third Time
- 3
- And So Time Passes
- 3
- Dwellers in Darkness
- 4
- the Rat Who Wound the Clock
- I Could Say Nothing
- The Rat Let Go a Good, Jolly Laugh from Off in the Dark
- 4
- Green Cords and Red Cords; Frozen Seagulls
- 4
- Return Visit to the Unlucky Bend
- 4
- the Twelve-O'Clock Rendezvous
- Epilogue
UPC > 730099096225
Format > New CD
Label > Naxos Audio Books
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