Kobo Abe (1924–1993) is a Japanese writer who has been compared to German writer Franz Kafka. Abe's The Women in the Dunes is one of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century. It combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the...
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"Triumphs of nuance and suggestion." — Chicago Tribune
"Ruminative, elegiac, and mordantly funny, Tabucchi's prose conjures a state between waking and dreaming." — The New York Times
From "A Whale's View of Man":
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Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards (nominee)
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