Three Plays by Kōbō Abe: Involuntary Homicide / The Green Stockings / The Ghost is Here by Kōbō Abe

Three Plays by Kōbō Abe: Involuntary Homicide / The Green Stockings / The Ghost is Here

Modern Asian Literature

Kōbō Abe with Donald Keene (Translator)

233 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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Three plays by one of contemporary Japan's most prominent writers -- Involuntary Homicide, The Green Stockings, The Ghost is Here -- translated for this volume reveal Kobo Abe's deep love of absurdity in the face of universal concerns.

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