Abe Kobo (1924-1993) was one of Japan’s greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction...... more

Abe Kobo (1924-1993) was one of Japan’s greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction...... more

Ghost is Here -- translated for this volume reveal Kobo Abe s deep love of absurdity in the face of universal concerns....... more

A classic from the renowned Japanese novelist about isolation and the threat of a nuclear holocaust,... more

Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literat... more

From the acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes comes Secret Rendezvous, the bizarrely erotic and co... more

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Ma... more

That there is poetry is the only evidence that man truly exists. Mark Staber Kobo Mark Staber Kobo is a modern...... more

patient with the unusual ability to snack on himself. In short order, Kobo Abe s unraveling protagonist finds himself hurtling...... more

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the...... more

In this book Ousman Kobo analyzes the origins of Wahhabi-inclined reform movements in two West African countries...... more

In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchur... more

In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchur... more

Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative fantasies and...... more