The Man Who Turned Into a Stick

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1978. Original Japanese title: 'Bo ni natta otoko'. Translated by Donald Keene. Contents: 1). Donald Keene: Introduction. 2). Suitcase (birth). 3). The cliff of time (process). 4). 'The man who turned into a stick' (death). 5). Author's postface. 3 b/w plates. Kobo Abe (pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (1924 -1993) was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer… Read more about this item