Kangaroo Notebook
of KĆbĆ Abe, Maryellen Toman Mori (Translator)
Description
In the last novel written before his death in 1993, one of Japan's most distinguished novelists proffered a surreal vision of Japanese society that manages to be simultaneously fearful and jarringly funny. The narrator of Kangaroo Notebook wakes on morning to discover that his legs are growing radish sprouts, an ailment that repulses his doctor but provides the patient with the unusual ability to snack on himself. In short order, Kobo Abe's unraveling protagonist finds himself hurtling in a hospital bed to the very shores of hell. Abe has assembled a cast of oddities into a coherent novel, one imbued with unexpected meaning. Translated from the Japanese by Maryellen Toman Mori.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 192 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date April 29th 1997
- First Publication 11/06/91
- Language English
- ISBN 9780679746638
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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