Sup, niggas.
Thought I should let you know a newly translated Kobo Abe novel is coming out in May, 2017.
Peace.
Damn what's it about? I only read Woman in the Dunes Box Man and Kangaroo Notebook so far my dood will I like it?
I've read his plays and I'd love to give my money to such a mad man of literature which will hopefully result in more translations.
>>8838772
well, he won't get any of it (being dead and all), but you're probably right about the translations
>>8838770
From Columbia University Press:
Following his nation's defeat in the Pacific War, Kuki Kyuzo, a Japanese youth, struggles to return home to Japan from Manchuria. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, chases, and capture. Kyuzo finally makes his way back to Japan but finds himself unable to disembark. His nation remains inaccessible to him, and now he questions its very existence. Beasts Head for Home is an acute novel of identity, belonging, and the vagaries of human behavior from an exceptional Japanese modern author.
>>8840062
Sounds good.
Should I start with Woman in the Dunes?