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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... read more

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This is the record of a box man.

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  1. Kōbō Abe (Author)

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Original Language: Japanese
Publisher: Random House
Country: Japan
Publication Date: 1974
ISBN: 0394491068
Page Count: 178

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