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A Wild Sheep Chase:A Novel

内容简介

Amarveloushybridofmythologyandmystery,AWildSheepChaseistheextraordinaryliterarythrillerthatlaunchedHarukiMurakami'sinternationalreputation.Itbeginssimplyenough:Atwenty-somethingadvertisingexecutivereceivesapostcardfromafriend,andcasuallyappropriatestheimageforaninsurancecompany'sadvertisement.Whathedoesn'trealizeisthatincludedinthepastoralsceneisamutantsheepwithastaronitsback,andinusingthisphotohehasunwittinglycapturedtheattentionofamaninblackwhooffersamenacingultimatum:findthesheeporfacedireconsequences.ThusbeginsasurrealandelaboratequestthattakesourherofromtheurbanhauntsofTokyototheremoteandsnowymountainsofnorthernJapan,whereheconfrontsnotonlythemythologicalsheep,buttheconfinesoftraditionandthedemonsdeepwithinhimself.Quirkyandutterlycaptivating,AWildSheepChaseisMurakamiathisastoundingbest.

作者简介

HarukiMurakamiwasborninKyotoin1949andnowlivesnearTokyo.Heistheauthorofmanynovelsaswellasshortstoriesandnon-fiction.HisworksincludeNorwegianWood,TheWind-UpBirdChronicle,KafkaontheShore,AfterDarkandWhatITalkAboutWhenITalkAboutRunning.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedintomorethanfortylanguages,andthemostrecentofhismanyinternationalhonoursistheJerusalemPrize,whosepreviousrecipientsincludeJ.M.Coetzee,MilanKundera,andV.S.Naipaul.村上春树(1949年1月12日-),日本小说家、美国文学翻译家。29岁开始写作,第一部作品《且听风吟》即获得日本群像新人赏,1987年第五部长篇小说《挪威的森林》在日本畅销四百万册,广泛引起“村上现象”。村上春树的作品展现写作风格深受欧美作家影响的轻盈基调,少有日本战后阴郁沉重的文字气息。被称作第一个纯正的“二战后时期作家”,并誉为日本1980年代的文学旗手。

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