Fiction
Beyond the Curve
A collection of Kobo Abe's stories that sidesteps the obvious surrealism of his novels and finds dread in more ordinary corners: a dead man's apartment, a bureaucratic misunderstanding, a nameless war. The title story and its companions move with Abe's characteristic precision—cold, observational, occasionally funny in ways that feel accidental. This Kodansha paperback has the clean, slightly academic look of translated mid-century fiction. For readers who like their strangeness delivered without spectacle, who believe that the most disturbing transformations happen quietly, while no one is paying attention.
US$28.00
Ships fromPittsburgh, PA
Est. delivery3–5 business days
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