Kobo Abe

The Box Man

Homeless man lives in a large box, observing city life from isolation

About the author

Kobo Abe

Kobo Abe was a Japanese author of existentialist science fiction and surrealist fiction who is often compared to Kafka. The Woman in the Dunes is his most celebrated work, depicting a man trapped with a widow in a sand pit in a parable of social entrapment. The Box Man and Inter Ice Age 4 are also remarkable SF works.

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