PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes, The Ark Sakura, The Face of Another, The Box Man and The Ruined Map.
Like Kafka, Abe's work reveals an astonishing ability to create dreamlike events * Chicago Tribune * A spellbinder from beginning to end, an edgy masterpiece * Chicago Sun-Times * A stunning addition to the literature of eccentricity * The New York Times *
