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Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Seller: Librairie Chat, Beijing, China
Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 135p Number of books: 1 book.
Published by University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, 1975
ISBN 10: 0860081478ISBN 13: 9780860081470
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition in English. SCARCE. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, small crease at top edge front panel, small bookstore sticker top corner front panel, tidy prior owner name in ink verso front end page at bottom corner. Original Japanese title "Bo ni natta otoko". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by University of Tokyo Press, 1975
ISBN 10: 0860081478ISBN 13: 9780860081470
Seller: Budget Books, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. slight wrinkles to upper edge of dust jacket; pages are clean and unmarked; cover is excellent; book is in English (translated from Japanese).
Published by University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, 1978
ISBN 10: 0860081478ISBN 13: 9780860081470
Seller: FESTINA LENTE italiAntiquariaat, Lucca, Italy
Book
Hardbound with dustjacket. Condition: Fine condition. Second printing. 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 + 84 pag. Size: 23,5cmx16cm.
Published by University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, 1975
ISBN 10: 0860081478ISBN 13: 9780860081470
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. black cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 84 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Published by University of Tokyo Press. 1975., 1975
84 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust-jacket with small tears at spine ends and some faint wrinkles, else a well-kept copy with the author's dedication in Japanese to Kjell Espmark, Swedish Academy member from 1981.