A Wild Sheep Chase

New York: Kodansha International, (1989). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 299 pp. Original quarter green cloth over blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($25.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear. Rubbing to panels and edges, shelf and handling wear. Mild toning to spine. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately tight and square. Shelf and handling wear to edges with rubbing along the panels - particular to spine crown and foot. Interior clean and unmarked. A few bumps to panel edges and corners. Mild foxing particular to top text block. Some smudges to pages.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Good

“A Wild Sheep Chase (羊をめぐる冒険, Hitsuji o meguru bōken) (literally An Adventure Concerning Sheep) is the third novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. First published in Japan in 1982, it was translated into English in 1989. It is an independent sequel to Pinball, 1973, and the third book in the so-called "Trilogy of the Rat". It won the 1982 Noma Literary Newcomer's Prize. While the original story of A Wild Sheep Chase was set in the 1970s, translator Alfred Birnbaum and Kodansha editor Elmer Luke wanted a story that was more contemporary and also appealed to American readers. In the novel, Murakami blends elements of American and English literature with Japanese contexts, exploring post-WWII Japanese cultural identity. The book is part mystery and part magical realism with a postmodern twist. A Wild Sheep Chase has been defined as a parody or a renewal of Yukio Mishima's Natsuko no Bōken (夏子の冒険, Natsuko's Adventure).”