The Box Man Condition:Good a friend to the pigeon

a friend to the pigeon who visits his balcony

he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved

And then a project comes up at work

indispensable anthology brings together fifty unforgettable works from all genres of creative nonfiction

KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS

The Box Man Condition:Good a friend to the pigeonKobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative fantasies and naturalistic prose to create narratives reminiscent of the work of Kafka and Beckett. In this eerie and evocative masterpiece, the nameless protagonist gives up his identity and the trappings of a normal life to live in a large cardboard box he wears over his head. Wandering the streets of Tokyo and scribbling madly on the interior walls of