La Caza del Carnero Salvaje / A Wild Sheep Chase (Paperback)

from MellowOwl

A well-written existential noir. A little slow going at first, but builds into a beautiful and brilliant finale. I enjoyed it more than its sequel "Dance, Dance, Dance", but not more than Murakami's more acclaimed works like "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore". A solid addition to Murakami'...

from Isgodchekhov

I kept thinking something was missing from the book a day after I had completed reading it...Granted, there were other distractions going on in this narrative to keep my figurative head on a swivel, but besides the engaging storyline, ambiguous animal referents, cool aphorisms etc...It occurred t...

from mykl-s

Murakami leaves me liking his novels, whether I understand them, and even when I can hardly remember what happened.

from MellowOwl

A well-written existential noir. A little slow going at first, but builds into a beautiful and brilliant finale. I enjoyed it more than its sequel "Dance, Dance, Dance", but not more than Murakami's more acclaimed works like "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore". A solid addition to Murakami'...

from xuebi

In A Wild Sheep Chase, the nameless protagonist and his girlfriend with extraordinarily charistmatic ears embark on a quest to find a mysterious sheep with a star on its back. The quest leads the protagonist from Tokyo to Sapporo, whereupon all manner of bizarre and unique characters intervene to...