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Kōbō Abe

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Kōbō Abe , pen name of Kimifusa Abe , was a Japanese writer, playwright, musician, photographer, and inventor. He is best known for his 1962 novel The Woman in the Dunes that was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964. Abe has often been compared to Franz Kafka for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society.

Books

The Box Man
The Box Man
Kōbō Abe
The Ruined Map
The Ruined Map
Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
安部公房, Kobo Abe, Kōbō Abe, David
The Ark Sakura
The Ark Sakura
Kōbō Abe
Kangaroo Notebook
Kangaroo Notebook
Kōbō Abe
Inter Ice Age 4. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. Drawings by Machi Abé
Inter Ice Age 4. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. Drawings by Machi Abé
Kōbō Abe
Beyond the Curve
Beyond the Curve
Kōbō Abe, Juliet Winters Carpenter
Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
Kōbō Abe
La donna di sabbia
La donna di sabbia
Kōbō Abe
Zān dār rīga rāvāh
Zān dār rīga rāvāh
Kōbō Abe
O Rosto de Um Outro
O Rosto de Um Outro
Kōbō Abe
Virane Harita
Virane Harita
Kōbō Abe
Härra S. Karma kuritöö
Härra S. Karma kuritöö
Kōbō Abe
Kutu Adam
Kutu Adam
Kōbō Abe
Femeia nisipurilor
Femeia nisipurilor
Kōbō Abe, Magdalena Levandovski-Popa
Kōbō Abe
Inter Ice Age 4
Inter Ice Age 4
Kōbō Abe
امرأة في الرمال
امرأة في الرمال
Kōbō Abe
Kōbō Abe
A mulher da areia
A mulher da areia
Kōbō Abe
Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
Kōbō Abe
Beyond the curve
Beyond the curve
Kōbō Abe, ʻAlī Qādirī

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