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ABE, KOBO The Box Man: A Novel
Vintage, 2001. (ISBN: 0375726519) Paperback , 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches. Clean copy, tight spine. Not remaindered or price clipped. Review The nature of identity itself is the ostensible subject of this bizarrely fascinating existential novel from the great Japanese fiction writer and dramatist Kobo Abe. In the story, a man decides to give up the self that he has been all his life to attain a state of blissful anonymity. He leaves his world behind and moves onto the streets of Tokyo. He puts a large box over his head, cuts a hole for his eyes. It is as strange as it sounds, but Abe's light touch and narrative innovation makes it compelling. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 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 -- Review , New.
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