Beyond the Curve
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Beyond the Curve gathers a set of short stories by Kobo Abe, the Japanese writer known for unsettling, dreamlike fiction. The pieces vary widely in subject and manner. Stories such as An Irrelevant Death and The Dream Soldier show his gift for turning everyday situations askew, where ordinary logic gives way and familiar rules quietly dissolve.
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The collection moves through strange invented worlds, lonely figures caught in peculiar predicaments, and situations that seem to shift as the reader looks at them. Each piece stands alone, yet together they form a portrait of a mind drawn to the edges of reason, where the unsettling and the absurd sit side by side.
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