The Box Man
A Novel
$33.41
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2001
Summary
Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative fantasies and naturalistic prose to create narratives reminiscent of the work of Kafka and Beckett. In this eerie and evocative masterpiece, the nameless protagonist gives up his identity and the trappings of a normal life to live in a large cardboard box he wears over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo and scribbling madly on the interior walls of his box, he describes the world o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375726514 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375726519 |
| Author: | Kobo Abe |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2001 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 134mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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Critics Review
“A spellbinder from beginnning to end, an edgy masterpiece.”–Chicago Sun-Times“A stunning addition to the literature of eccentricity…an ontological thriller.”–The New York Times“Brilliant…. Like Kafka’s, Abe’s work reveals an astonishing ability to create dreamlike events.“–Chicago Tribune
About The Author
Kobo Abe
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country’s foremost living novelist, and was also widely known as a dramatist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes, Kangaroo Notebook, The Ark Sakura, The Face of Another, The Box Man, and Secret Rendezvous.
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