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The Box Man: A Novel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Box Man: A Novel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kobo Abe
SeriesVintage International
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 134
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Fantasy
ISBN/Barcode 9780375726514
ClassificationsDewey:895.635
Audience
General
Illustrations 9 PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Vintage Books
Publication Date 10 July 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

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. n 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 outside as he sees or perhaps imagines it, a tenuous reality that seems to include a mysterious rifleman determined to shoot him, a seductive young nurse, and a doctor who wants to become a box man himself. The Box Man is a marvel of sheer originality and a bizarrely fascinating fable about the very nature of identity. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.

Author Biography

Kobo Abe, the internationally claimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative fantasies and naturalistic prose to create narratives reminiscent of the work of Kafka and Bennett.

Reviews

"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