Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A Wild Sheep Chase ~ Haruki MURAKAMI





Written by one of the finest Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase takes us on a long journey in search of a sheep. A sheep that doesn’t even known to exist or may be it existed! Profoundly written and easy to read, the book takes us into a thriller-like mysterious road to nowhere but at times one is tangled into a relation of lost friend and ephemeral love and a madcap comedy.

He had decent job and a decent life. An innocent, divorced and ordinary man encountered with a mission to chase a wild sheep, whom nobody knows about its existence, leaves everything behind even his job and a cat.  No knowledge of sheep, he is set for the chase not only for sheep but for his lost friend as well. Along with his girlfriend, they get involved in business of the Sheep Professor, a professor who was so obsessed with sheep that he wasted his entire life for sheep. Lands in no man’s land and gets lost, who in the end finds mystery in his own life. He embraces his new world.

Story is surrounded by mysteries but runs into story of comedy which paves way into a tale of depressive and forlorn situation. It ends with something unexpected. It captivates us to read further until it reaches the height of a wonderful novel. 

6 comments:

  1. What an interesting book about chasing the sheep that doesn't seem to exists. Sound really mysterious and I should check it out at our local Japanese book store _ Kinokuiya Books!

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    1. Indeed a great book! Love it! You should read it too :)

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  2. Dance Dance Dance is the sequel to this book Choki. Unfortunately, I read DDD before this.
    I like how nameless the characters are and how highly fantasy books Murakami specializes into.

    A lovely review. Keep reading Murakami. :)

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    1. Thank you Rekha! I didn't even realize there is sequel to the book. Will look around town for Dance Dance Dance, :)

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    2. Couldn't find DDD, but got Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki! I am certain that I will get it one day somewhere. :)

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    3. Haven't read Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki like I mentioned on your earlier review. In fact, I'm waiting for the release of paperback copy. The hard cover is a little trouble for my wallet at the moment :P.

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