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Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase

Read by Rupert Degas

  • Release Date: 3rd Jul 2006
  • Catalogue No: NAX41412
  • Label: Naxos AudioBooks
  • Series: The Complete Text
  • Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

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Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase

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A Wild Sheep Chase – Part One

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About her background I know almost nothing

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Part Two – July, Eight Years Earlier

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I held out a box of tissues to her

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3. The Slip

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Part Three – September, Two Months Later

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I first became acquainted with her (or rather her ears)...

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‘What a lovely place,’ she said. ‘Do you come here often?’

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‘As a close friend, there’re a couple of things I want to ask you...’

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‘I grew up in an ordinary little town, went to an ordinary school.’

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5. Unblocked Ears

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6. The Further Adventures of Unblocked Ears

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Part Four – A Wild Sheep Chase, I

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‘Okay, I know what you’re trying to say,’ I said...

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8. Now the Strange Man

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‘You are familiar with the party’s name, I trust?’ said the man

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9. ‘The Boss’

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10. Counting Sheep

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11. The Limo and Its Driver

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12. Wherefore the Worm Universe

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But then some joker of an architect came along to attach...

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Part Five – Letters from The Rat and Assorted Reminiscences

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Let me tell you about the towns I've seen..

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14. The Rat’s Second Letter (Postmarked May, This Year)

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What the hell was I talking about? Women, that’s right

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I found the letter in my mailbox as I was leaving my apartment…

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15. The Song Is Over

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The third J’s Bar was a quarter of a mile away, by the river

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At nine o’clock, J’s Bar was starting to get crowded...

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16. She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking about the Sound of the Waves

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The drizzle still hadn’t let up by five o’clock the next evening

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‘It seems I'm boring you.’ I shook my head

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Part Six – A Wild Sheep Chase, II

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Even after I'd finished, the man stared at me without comment

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‘Did you notice anything out of the ordinary?’

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18. The Strange Man’s Strange Tale Goes On

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When he finished talking, the man cleared his throat

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At that the man lit his cigarette

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I balanced the lighter in my hand. It had an excellent feel to it

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19. The Limo and Its Driver, Again

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20. Summer’s End, Autumn’s Beginning

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21. One in Five Thousand

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22. Sunday Afternoon Picnic

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There was a travel agency near the train station, where I booked...

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23. Limited but Tenacious Thinking

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The man read back the items from his notepad. A memo well taken

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24. One for the Kipper

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The chauffeur took us to the airport. The cat rode quietly up front...

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We received our boarding passes at the airport check-in counter...

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Part Seven – The Dolphin Hotel Affair

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We came out of the movie theatre and strolled the twilit streets,..

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I wrote my name on the card but had second thoughts...

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26. Enter the Sheep Professor

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The fifth, then the sixth day passed. October laid heavy on the town

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‘Just great,’ said I. This ‘just great’ business was becoming a habit

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27. The Sheep Professor Eats All, Tells All

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‘February 1936. The Sheep Professor is ordered home to Japan.’

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The Sheep Professor had long hair, white as snow

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The Sheep Professor began. ‘It was the summer of 1935...’

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I began with the route the sheep took after it left...

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28. Farewell to the Dolphin Hotel

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Part Eight – A Wild Sheep Chase, III

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It’s not obvious why the Ainu youth, instead of returning...

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Of course, the government was not being generous for nothing...

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30. The Further Decline of Junitaki and Its Sheep

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A few minutes before departure time, she returned with a bag...

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Beyond the shops, the road ambled down a slope to the river...

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The livestock officer drove a small sedan

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The caretaker was next to the barn, stacking plastic bags...

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31. Night in Junitaki

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32. An Unlucky Bend in the Road

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‘You leave the disinfecting to the afternoon?’

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After thirty minutes’ drive, the paved surface suddenly disappeared...

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The sky was weighed down with a moist, uniform gray...

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Straight on across the pasture stood an old American-style...

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Only in the farther small bedroom was there any lingering scent...

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33. She Leaves the Mountain; Hunger Strikes

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34. A Find in the Garage; Thoughts in the Middle of the Pasture

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35. The Sheep Man Cometh

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‘I’m looking for a friend of mine,’ I ventured

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36. The Winds’ Own Private Thoroughfare

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Something gnawed at me. Something that had passed before...

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Seated on the edge of a bridge, watching me, was the Sheep Man

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Early in the afternoon of the ninth day, I was looking through...

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37. Things the Mirror Shows, Things the Mirror Doesn’t

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On the twelfth day, snow fell for the third time

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38. And So Time Passes

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39. Dwellers in Darkness

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40. The Rat Who Wound the Clock

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I could say nothing

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The Rat let go a good, jolly laugh from off in the dark

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41. Green Cords and Red Cords; Frozen Seagulls

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42. Return Visit to the Unlucky Bend

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43. The Twelve-O’clock Rendezvous

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Epilogue

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