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The Box Man
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Box Man by Kobo Abe is an existential and entertaining masterpiece.
"This is the record of a box man."
The streets of Tokyo have been seeing a strange phenomenon recently—people who have decided to live their lives in a box on the street. Behind their cut-out eyeholes, they sit and watch from behind their four cardboard walls.
Our nameless narrator, at first repulsed by the box men, slowly becomes drawn into the anonymity and voyeuristic life inside a box. As his identity gradually slips away and he becomes obsessed with watching an intriguing young nurse, we too become privy to the schizophrenic and seductive unreality of a box man's life.
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The Box Man by Kobo Abe is praised for its unique exploration of eccentricity, captivating readers from start to finish with its edgy narrative. It showcases an impressive ability to craft surreal and dreamlike experiences reminiscent of Kafka's work.
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ISBN: 9780241454596
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 October 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by E. Dale Saunders
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 125g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes, The Ark Sakura, The Face of Another, The Box Man and The Ruined Map.
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