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 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.

The Box Man

Kobo, Abe

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Novelist Kawabata speaks of the manifestations of love and vengence in this account of a writer's attempt to rekindle a relationship with his mistress of twenty-four years ago

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Presents healthy recipes from around the world, including available nutritional information, cooking hints, and a spice and seasoning guide

The Barbara Kraus International Cookbook: Fabulous Meals from the Cuisines of More Than 100 Countries

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