Three plays by one of contemporary Japan's most prominent writers-- Involuntary Homicide, The Green Stockings, The Ghost is Here--translated for this volume reveal Kobo Abe's deep love of absurdity in the face of universal concerns.
Three plays by one of contemporary Japan's most prominent writers-- Involuntary Homicide, The Green Stockings, The Ghost is Here--translated for this ...
Three plays by one of contemporary Japan's most prominent writers -- Involuntary Homicide, The Green Stockings, The Ghost is Here -- translated for this volume reveal Kobo Abe's deep love of absurdity in the face of universal concerns.
Three plays by one of contemporary Japan's most prominent writers -- Involuntary Homicide, The Green Stockings, The Ghost is Here -- translated for th...
In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where they are pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit wher...
The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be
The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even h...
Als sich Niki Jumpei in den Dünen verliert, bieten ihm die Bewohner eines einsamen Dorfes ein Nachtquartier an - eine Hütte in einem Sandloch. Dort empfängt ihn eine junge Frau in geheimnisvoller Erwartung. Als er am nächsten Tag aufbrechen will, ist die Strickleiter verschwunden. Und durch alle Ritzen der Hütte dringt unablässig der Sand.
Ein Mann, eine Frau und der unaufhaltsame Sand.
Als sich Niki Jumpei in den Dünen verliert, bieten ihm die Bewohner eines einsamen Dorfes ei...