{"product_id":"the-box-man-kobo-abe-paperback","title":"The Box Man -- Kobo Abe, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of \u003cstrong\u003eWoman in the Dunes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ecombines wildly imaginative fantasies and naturalistic prose to create narratives reminiscent of the work of Kafka and Beckett. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this eerie and evocative masterpiece, the nameless protagonist gives up his identity and the trappings of a normal life to live in a large cardboard box he wears over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo and scribbling madly on the interior walls of his box, he describes the world outside as he sees or perhaps imagines it, a tenuous reality that seems to include a mysterious rifleman determined to shoot him, a seductive young nurse, and a doctor who wants to become a box man himself. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Box Man\u003c\/strong\u003e is a marvel of sheer originality and a bizarrely fascinating fable about the very nature of identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kobo Abe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.2\" L x 0.55\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780375726514\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52222855905579,"sku":"9780375726514","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780375726514.jpg?v=1774770774","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-box-man-kobo-abe-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}