Kobo Abe művei

The Ark Sakura

In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew,...

Die Frau in den Dünen

In den Sanddünen vor einem abgelegenen Dorf frönt Niki Jumpei seiner einzigen Leidenschaft: der Suche nach unentdeckten Insektenarten. Al...

The Traitor - A Novel

In postwar Japan, a writer meets a small-town innkeeper who is obsessed with a tale from the nineteenth century. He relates the saga of E...

The Traitor - A Novel

In his only historical novel, Abe Kōbō turns to a pivotal moment in Japan's past to explore profound questions about the nature...

The Ark Sakura

The Woman in the Dunes

Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was ...

The ruined map