A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
List Price:
Our Price: $8.96
You Save: $6.99 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.20 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Haruki MurakamiTranslator: Alfred Birnbaum
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-09
ISBN: 037571894X
Number of pages: 353
Publisher: Vintage
Book Reviews of A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel
Book Review: A Wild Murakami Chase
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a Murakami maniac, I couldn't criticize a bit of his works at all. If one said his works had numerous flaws and awkwardness in addition to weirdness (although I would think it his creativity), I would still agree that all those commit to the perfection Murakami elements. His works are perfected from being flawed; and yes, that is an irony. In general, his literatures spring up from the very thought no one could ever imagine of -- the ideas are not only ideas but also symbols of everything that might happen around us. Murakami does it so well in working out what he is trying to describe that his novels approach me so quickly and manipulate my mind until I fully am aware of his very thoughts. "A Wild Sheep Chase" is the best works, I daresay, out of what he has done so far. I'm still an amateur in grasping what the authors try to message me, so I haven't figured out quite yet of what exactly he is telling me. However, as I read through the book again and again, I start to comprehend. Not that he did poorly on his descriptions, but it's his thoughts that are too deep for me to understand. If you are a competitive person, you might want to CHALLENGE Murakami by understanding the variety of multiple meanings of symbols.P.S.:
By the way, (no offense if I sound like a racist) I recommend this book especially to Asians in their own languages. Asian countries share the same culture as to the use of the native language. I mean to say that your language may add much more taste to Murakami than English since some expressions in Asian languages are not often used unless describing extremes, etc.
Literary Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Literary Books
Island (Perennial Classics)by Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2002-07-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
Angelsby Marian Keyes
William Morrow; Published: 2002-05-28; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.12
Price in other shops:
A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith
Harper; Published: 2001-11-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.81
Price in other shops:
The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptationby Paulo Coelho
Harper; Published: 2006-07-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Boonville: A Novelby Robert Mailer Anderson
Harper Perennial; Published: 2003-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
Carameloby Sandra Cisneros
HarperAudio; Published: 2002-10-01; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $4.60
Price in other shops:
Headhunterby Timothy Findley
PERENNIAL PUBLICATIONS; Paperback; Book
The Crimson Petal And The Whiteby Michel Faber
Harcourt, Inc./Harvest; Published: 2003; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.50
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens
Macmillan Pub Co; Published: 1979-06; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
This Side of Paradiseby Fitzgerald
Scribner Paper Fiction; Published: 1988-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Crossing the Threshold of Hopeby Pope John Paul II
Random House; Knopf; Published: 1995-09-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.29
Price in other shops:
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIby John W. Dower
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2000-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.39
Price in other shops:
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Centuryby Mark Mazower
Vintage; Published: 2000-03-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.35
Price in other shops:
Kafka on the Shoreby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 2006-01-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.96
Price in other shops:
South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novelby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 2000-03-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.22
Price in other shops:
The Elephant Vanishes: Storiesby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 1994-06-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.95
Price in other shops:
Dance Dance Danceby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 1995-01-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.51
Price in other shops:
Norwegian Woodby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 2000-09-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.57
Price in other shops:
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)by Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 1993-03-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.58
Price in other shops:
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novelby Haruki Murakami
Vintage; Published: 1998-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.28
Price in other shops: