Beyond the Curve by Kōbō Abe

Beyond the Curve

Kōbō Abe with Juliet Winters Carpenter

248 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction short stories dark reflective medium-paced

Description

Abe's best short works to date are presented here in this well-crafted collection of fiction which explores many of modern man's dilemmas in an insightful, yet highly surrealistic style. Called by The New York Times, 'The best Japanese novelist si...

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