- Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Homelessness, Fiction
Presents the narrator's observations on the world after he gives up his home to live in a cardboard box, which he wears over his head.
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Contemplative, character-led, prestige and intimate.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Abe Kōbō
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 185
- Publisher
- Berkley Windhover Book, Vintage, North Point Pr
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375726514
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Kōbō Abe (安部 公房) is the pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (安部 公房). Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, the son of a physician who taught medicine. He was raised in Mukden, Manchuria. He returned to Japan in 1941, and in 1943 he went to Tokyo Imperial University, where he earned a medical degree but he failed his medical exam and was forbidden from practicing. He returned to Manchuria as an author. In 1947, he self-published his first book, Mumei-shishū ("Poems of an unknown poet"). His wrote avant-garde poetry, novels, and plays. In 1977 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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