Mark Woodhouse (review date 1 April 1991)
SOURCE: Woodhouse, Mark. Review of Beyond the Curve, by Kobo Abe. Library Journal 116 (1 April 1991): 148.
[In the following essay, Woodhouse offers a favorable assessment of Beyond the Curve.]
This collection of stories [Beyond the Curve] is a significant offering from the well-established author best known for The Woman in the Dunes (1964). The usual comparisons to Kafka are unavoidable. In one story, a man finds himself turning into a plant, and the themes of alienation and...
Source: Short Story Criticism, ©2003 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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