Kobo Abe is one of the most brilliant Japanese writers and at the same time one of the most mysterious. His books are read all over the world, films are made based on them and performances are staged. The peculiar, paradoxical world embodied in Abe’s work excites, surprises and baffles. The scale of his talent is enormous, his books are mysterious and fascinating. These original parable novels tell the story of people who are under the power of an obsession or who find themselves in a situation similar to a fantastic dream.
This is exactly the most famous work of Kobo Abe - “Woman in the Sands”. The main character, an ordinary teacher, obsessed with the dream of discovering a new species of insects, disappears without a trace. He finds himself a prisoner in a strange village, continuously covered with sand...
This edition includes three of Kobo Abe's most famous novels: "Woman in the Sands", "Box Man", "Alien Face", as well as the story "Just Like a Man" translated by the famous science fiction writer Arkady Strugatsky.
Author: Kobo Abe
Translation: Vladimir Grivnin, Arkady Strugatsky
Pages: 608 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x150x30 mm
Series: Foreign literature. Big books
