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
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679424121
• ISBN 13: 9780679424123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Japanese Literature

About this title

Synopsis

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.