“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Murakami has all of those elements intertwined in A Wild Sheep Chase and symbolism of the sheep brought this verse of New Testament Scripture to my mind: What he discovers is something that shakes him to his core and reveals an identity he had not realized. The protagonist begins a journey that takes him to the remotest part of Japan to find this sheep. The postcard draws the attention of a shadowy figure who demands the unnamed protagonist go find this unusual sheep or suffer the consequences. However, the ad includes an image of a sheep with a star on its back. I chose A Wild Sheep Chase, the precursor to the aforementioned Dance Dance Dance.Ī Wild Sheep Chase tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who receives a postcard for an insurance ad. I decided I wanted to read another Murakami novel before the year ended. I learned from that book why Murakami has become an international favorite for many literary fiction readers. I read my first Murakami novel, Dance Dance Dance, earlier this year.
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