books by Kobo Abe     books:     Kobo Abe      The Ruined Map: A Novel Kobo Abe Vintage, 2001 One of Kobo Abe's finest writings Kobo Abe, one of the greatest surrealistic novelists, liked to depict, with the precise calculation and unconstrained freedom of mind that Picasso gave his work, entangled and precarious relatiionships between an individual and the society to which he "belongs". In ...             Ark Sakura Kobo Abe Vintage, 1989 Expert modern fable Thematically, this novel is similar to Abe's more famous book, 'The Woman in the Dunes;' it emphasizes a sense of community and connection with others. What I like about it (among other things) is that it's hardly a sledgehammer philosophical message; it allows for ...             Beyond the Curve (Modern Japanese Writers Series) Kobo Abe Kodansha International (JPN), 1993 One of Japan's greatest literary exports! Beyond the Curve by Kobo Abe is one of the best compilations of short stories I've read. His style is like a blend of Rod Serling, Stephen King and Salvador Dali. Each tale is strange and unique and tests the limits of your imagination. As much as I like his other ...             The Box Man: A Novel Kobo Abe Vintage, 2001 It's hip to be square... Having put off reading this book until I moved back to Tokyo I'd say the box man mentality fits nicely with foreigners trying to understand Japan. Someone first descibed living in Tokyo to me like floating in a warm bubble. Unless you speak the language or fit in ...             Kangaroo Notebook Kobo Abe Knopf, 1996 A Dream World Just This Side of Madness "Which situation should I declare 'real' and which one a 'dream?'" This is the question that plagues the narrator of Kobo Abe's Kangaroo Notebook, the last novel written before his death in 1993. We can consider ourselves lucky, indeed, that one of the world's most ...             The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe Vintage, 1991 As great as Kafka's The Castle A masterpiece of existentialist fantasy, greatly influenced by Kafka, but no less original in its ability to make the reader painfully aware of the kind imprisonment that we all face, as the tiny grains of life's obligations result in a deluge of sand.             The Face of Another Kobo Abe Vintage, 2003 Great! This is a great book! I was amazed by the simple yet poweful language used. It is well worth the investment.             Secret Rendezvous Kobo Abe Vintage, 2002 A sort of pseudo-Freudian sex nightmare... From the very start of this short, but densely labyrinthine and surreally intense novel, you know that you're in strange territory. An ambulance comes unbidden in the middle of the night, spirits away a man's perfectly healthy wife, and he's left to begin a Kafkaesque ...             The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe Charles E. Tuttle, 1970 Won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 1960. Became a film shown at the International Film Festival in Cannes.             Inter Ice Age 4. Kobo Abe Random House, 2009 Abe's best entertaining novel I think I am familiar with Abe's works quite well. I've read all his works including short stories, plays, essays, interviews and novels (in Japanese). (I first encountered with his work when I was in a junior high school in Japan. One of his short stories was in the ...          products you might be interested in search for books another, japanese, kangaroo, notebook, rendezvous, writers      geepe.com    web we recommend As great as Kafka's The Castle randomly chosen pc & video games: Pitfall: The Big Adventure (Nintendo Wii)