The box man
Abe, Kobo, 1924-19932020
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A nameless protagonist gives up his identity & the trappings of normal life to live in a large cardboard box he wears over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo & scribbling on the inside walls of the box, he describes the world outside as he sees it.
The box man / Kobo Abe ; translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.
UK : Penguin Books, 2020.UK : Penguin Books, 2020.
192 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the Japanese.This translation originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
9780241454596 (pbk)
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