A Wild Sheep Chase
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A Wild Sheep Chase is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that follows an unnamed protagonist on a bizarre quest involving a mysterious sheep with a star-shaped birthmark.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Wild Sheep Chase canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | mysterious sheep with a star-shaped birthmark ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Yoko Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
cult classic
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internationally acclaimed ⓘ |
| englishTitle | A Wild Sheep Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| englishTranslator | Alfred Birnbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEnglishPublicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy novel
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magical realism ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780679722730 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
deadpan humor
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surreal imagery ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Girlfriend with the Perfect Ears
NERFINISHED
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the Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ the Sheep Man NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerson | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | quest narrative ⓘ |
| notableElement |
blend of detective story and fantasy
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recurring character the Rat from earlier Murakami works ⓘ use of pop culture references ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 羊をめぐる冒険 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 353 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Trilogy of the Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequel | Pinball, 1973 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Kodansha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequel | Dance Dance Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCity | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
consumerism
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identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ memory and loss ⓘ supernatural influence on ordinary life ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1970s Japan ⓘ |
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