Kangaroo Notebook (First Edition)

Abe, Kobo

ISBN 10: 0679424121 / ISBN 13: 9780679424123

Published by Knopf (New York), 1996

About this Item

New York: Knopf, 1996. First edition., First printing. fine in a fine jacket. A novel, completed just before the author's death. An odd novel about a guy that wakes up one day to find that he is growing sprouts. Trs. by M.T. Mori. 183 pages. This is a tight clean copy, without the rubbing that plagues this title. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. NOTE: In the photo, the jacket appears to be "scratched," yet this is part of hte jacket design. GW. Seller Inventory # 5862

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kangaroo Notebook (First Edition)

Publisher: Knopf (New York)

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

An ordinary man finds himself caught in the power of bizarre and unpredictable forces when he discovers one morning at breakfast that radish sprouts have begun to grow out of his shins.

About the Author:

Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan's foremost novelists, his most famous works include The Face of Another (1964), The Box Man (1973), Secret Rendezvous (1977), and The Ark Sakura (1984). All of Abe's books have been bestsellers in Japan and he was the recipient of numerous literary awards and prizes, including the Yomiuri Prize for The Woman in the Dunes in 1962. He collaborated with director Hiroshi Teshigahara on film adaptations of four of his novels--including The Woman in the Dunes--and was also widely known as a dramatist. He died in 1993.