--- product_id: 3264000 title: "A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (Vintage International)" price: "€ 30.11" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/3264000-a-wild-sheep-chase-a-novel-vintage-international store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (Vintage International) **Price:** € 30.11 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (Vintage International) - **How much does it cost?** € 30.11 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/3264000-a-wild-sheep-chase-a-novel-vintage-international) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” ( New York Times Book Review )—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Review: Trilogy of the Rat - The end of a fascinating trilogy. Very good. Looking forward to his next book. I wonder where he goes next. Review: Early Murakami, absent some of his later conventions but filled with his unique combinations of magic and reality - Bottom Line First: Murakami is not for those who want the usual in their story telling. Much of the story line is very conventional. A somewhat disaffected, somewhat successful Ad man is dealing with divorce and the dislocations from his youth that happens in the modern world. Suddenly he enters a world of super powerful, threatening men who coerce him into quest for, not the Golden Fleece, but the living sheep with a star on its back. This is very early Murakami. It lacks some of the higher polish of his later works but is free of almost all of his more recent conventions. This makes for an easier read and a more direct story line. Because I have come to admire this writer, I recommend it as a good place to start a reading relationship with a master teller of oddball stories. I first came into contact with Haruki Murakami via his book 1Q84 (Vintage International) . This is a great novel, but I later found that it was based on conventions he had developed several books earlier. My admiration was reduced by the thought that the latter book was not as inventive as I had originally believed. What I should have done, and recommend to others is that you attempt to read his books in order This was difficult to do because he had been reluctant to authorize English editions of his early works. A Wild Sheep Chase is the third book of his Trilogy of the Rat. It was the first that I was easily able to acquire. The good news is that books one and two are now available in one buy: Wind/Pinball: Two novels . Hear the Wind Song is also his first book. So win/win. It is tricky to define what kind of books Murakami writes. The simple answer is fiction. His fiction tends to include traditional Japanese elements. There is a Spirit world, not always friendly to humans but not evil. As in other Murakami books there are references to a jazz club. (Murakami began his working life managing a jazz club. There are what will become common references to Western styles, food and music. There are parts that might be magic or science fiction and people can have extra real sensitivities. Our Central character, usually described as a Phillip Marlow matter of fact kind of person has as his girlfriend, a woman who is an ear model and is only beautiful when she exposes her ears. She is also capable of hearing signs and portents. This being the end of the trilogy, there are references to a number of characters that we have to accept absent a deep understanding of why they matter to our sheep chaser. However, the book works well as a standalone. A Wild Sheep Chase was for me a change to begin to see a fine story teller in hs early years. I will be going back again to get the rest of this trilogy. My recommendation to you is that Haruki Murakami weaves not just stories but a world. Murakami world is slightly removed from ours. It is a rich and complex world and worth your reading time. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #40,451 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #266 in Magical Realism #317 in International Mystery & Crime (Books) #2,104 in Paranormal Fantasy Books | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 5,003 Reviews | ## Images ![A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (Vintage International) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81xypTMB3hL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trilogy of the Rat *by A***R on July 24, 2026* The end of a fascinating trilogy. Very good. Looking forward to his next book. I wonder where he goes next. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Early Murakami, absent some of his later conventions but filled with his unique combinations of magic and reality *by P***D on February 28, 2016* Bottom Line First: Murakami is not for those who want the usual in their story telling. Much of the story line is very conventional. A somewhat disaffected, somewhat successful Ad man is dealing with divorce and the dislocations from his youth that happens in the modern world. Suddenly he enters a world of super powerful, threatening men who coerce him into quest for, not the Golden Fleece, but the living sheep with a star on its back. This is very early Murakami. It lacks some of the higher polish of his later works but is free of almost all of his more recent conventions. This makes for an easier read and a more direct story line. Because I have come to admire this writer, I recommend it as a good place to start a reading relationship with a master teller of oddball stories. I first came into contact with Haruki Murakami via his book 1Q84 (Vintage International) . This is a great novel, but I later found that it was based on conventions he had developed several books earlier. My admiration was reduced by the thought that the latter book was not as inventive as I had originally believed. What I should have done, and recommend to others is that you attempt to read his books in order This was difficult to do because he had been reluctant to authorize English editions of his early works. A Wild Sheep Chase is the third book of his Trilogy of the Rat. It was the first that I was easily able to acquire. The good news is that books one and two are now available in one buy: Wind/Pinball: Two novels . Hear the Wind Song is also his first book. So win/win. It is tricky to define what kind of books Murakami writes. The simple answer is fiction. His fiction tends to include traditional Japanese elements. There is a Spirit world, not always friendly to humans but not evil. As in other Murakami books there are references to a jazz club. (Murakami began his working life managing a jazz club. There are what will become common references to Western styles, food and music. There are parts that might be magic or science fiction and people can have extra real sensitivities. Our Central character, usually described as a Phillip Marlow matter of fact kind of person has as his girlfriend, a woman who is an ear model and is only beautiful when she exposes her ears. She is also capable of hearing signs and portents. This being the end of the trilogy, there are references to a number of characters that we have to accept absent a deep understanding of why they matter to our sheep chaser. However, the book works well as a standalone. A Wild Sheep Chase was for me a change to begin to see a fine story teller in hs early years. I will be going back again to get the rest of this trilogy. My recommendation to you is that Haruki Murakami weaves not just stories but a world. Murakami world is slightly removed from ours. It is a rich and complex world and worth your reading time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Murakami building *by T***H on August 12, 2014* I have now read more than half of Murakami's novels (at least those translated to English). I am beyond entranced and Wild Sheep Chase is certainly a great moment in his writing where it is clear that his voice, themes, and wonderful quirks flow easily and effortlessly. What a great delight! I had been reading "backwards" in time (which seems, in saying so very much a thing Murakami would appreciate). Then, I started reading mainly from his first works forward. It is clear that his voice and style has grown more confident and pure over time. So in Wild Sheep Chase, which is neither his first nor more recent work, it is simply brilliant to see his artistry in a nearly fully honed yet still raw state. All of the elements are present. All of the wonderful prose and beautiful contrast of depth, subtlety, nuance and brash modernity are here. Our hero is imperfect and conflicted. He is faced with a bizarre and absurd choice, taking the wrong option for all the worst (but very human) reasons. He finds himself engulfed in a world that seems similar and parallel, but is clearly not part of reality. Murakami employs no convenient devices to make this seem plausible; on the contrary woos us with mysticism entwined with humor and a wry wink, a nearly constant aside, to the reader. The plot is known from nearly the start, and the outcome is a mystery to ... or perhaps beyond ... the end. Joy! If you're reading his (still forming) opus in order, you'll see a bit of a jolt in this work -- a moment where it becomes clear that the author has found all the bits that will make his other novels great. I haven't read them all yet, but it will not be long before I do. This is a moment of Murakami building, and it is stunning, both in itself as a great novel, and as well a brilliant flash of what is yet to come. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/3264000-a-wild-sheep-chase-a-novel-vintage-international](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/3264000-a-wild-sheep-chase-a-novel-vintage-international) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-09-20*