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The Box Man
by Kobo Abe
ISBN: 0865474613
ISBN-13: 9780865474611
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In Abe's bizarre, satirical fable, a man chooses to give up all the trappings of normal life and seek anonymity by retreating to a cardboard box that he carries on his back, becoming an observer but never participating in the contemporary world he views from his refuge.
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"A finely drawn masterpiece." -- Donald Keene
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1995
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Publisher's Notes
'A stunning addition to the literature of eccentricity, those bitter, crying voices of Melville's Barteby the Scrivener and Dostoevsky's Underground Man...funny, sad and destructive, an ontological thriller.' - The New York Times
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The Box Man
Abe, Kobo, and Saunders, E Dale (Translated by)
North Point Press, 1991. Trade paperback. Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. ( more information) Offered by jerebooks (United States)
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The Box Man
Abe, Kobo
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1991 178 pages; novel; clean text. Paperback. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Lorenzen & Co. Booksellers (United States)
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The Box Man : A Novel
Abe, Kobo; Saunders, E. Dale (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1991, 1991 ISBN:0865474613. very good trade paper. TRADE PAPER. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by MEADOR BOOKS (United States)
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The Box Man
Abe, Kobo
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: North Point Press, 1996. Binding is tight and pages are clean. Prev. owner raised stamp on title page. No other marking or writing noted in book. Cover is clean and corners square. 178 pages.. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by idaho jim (United States)
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The Box Man
Kobo Abe
North Point Pr, 1995-04. Paperback. great shape - wear to cover. ( more information) Offered by Bookstore at the End of the Universe (United States)
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