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Un joven publicista ha publicado, en una de sus campaas, una fotografa, aparentemente anodina, que lo ha puesto en la mira de un influyente grupo industrial. Y es que en la fotografa aparece un rebao de ovejas y carneros en un prado, pero uno de esos carneros tiene un poder muy especial. La montona y en absoluto extraordinaria vida del joven, fumador empedernido y recin divorciado, da una insospechada vuelta de tuerca, pues debe embarcarse en una extraa bsqueda: tendr que viajar al norte de Japn para encontrar a toda costa a ese peculiar carnero, pues le va en ello la vida. Si a esa lnea argumental se le aaden una misteriosa joven con unas orejas exquisitas, un amigo huido (el entraable el Rata) , un poltico conservador, un profesor obsesionado con los ovinos y un maniaco-depresivo disfrazado de chivo (el Hombre Carnero que aparecer en Baila, baila, baila) , esta novela se convierte en una de las ms singulares obras maestras del ms clebre autor japons de la actualidad.
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Haruki (Japanese: ) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described as . He can be located on Facebook at: Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers by his Western influences. Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was at a record store, which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe in , works. Shortly before finishing his studies, Murakami opened the coffeehouse which was a jazz bar in the evening in Kokubunji, Tokyo with his wife. Many of his novels have themes and titles that invoke classical music, such as the three books making up (after Rossini's opera) , (after a piano piece by Robert Schumann usually known in English as ) , and (a character in Mozart's opera ) . Some of his novels take their titles from songs: (after The Dells' song, although it is widely thought it was titled after the tune) , (after The Beatles' song) and (the first part being the title of a song by Nat King Cole) .
