Search Results: The Man Who Turned Into a Stick by Kobo Abe

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1978. Original Japanese title: 'Bo ni natta otoko'. Translated by Donald Keene. Contents: 1). Donald Keene: Introduction. 2). Suitcase (birth). 3). The cliff of time (process). 4). 'The man who turned into a stick' (death). 5). Author's postface. 3 b/w plates. Kobo Abe (pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (1924 -1993) was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities. 'The Man Who Turned Into A Stick' (Bo ni natta otoko) is a one-act play written by Kobo Abe. It is the third of three plays written over twelve years (1957-1969) meant to symbolize the different stages of life, usually shown together. Kiin Donarudo, formerly Donald Lawrence Keene (*1922) is a Japanologist, scholar, teacher, writer, translator and interpreter of Japanese literature and culture. X… Read More