Box Man, The by Kobo Abe (from the SciFan database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)


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	Novel, first publication in July 1973 , latest edition in July 2001

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	The nature of identity itself is the ostensible subject of this bizarrely fascinating existential novel from the great Japanese fiction writer and dramatist Kobo Abe. In the story, a man decides to give up the self that he has been all his life to attain a state of blissful anonymity. He leaves his world behind and moves onto the streets of Tokyo. He puts a large box over his head, cuts a hole for his eyes. It is as strange as it sounds, but Abe's light touch and narrative innovation makes it compelling.



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