The Box Man youth equal to that of an

equal to that of an atlas

makes Sachiko one of his most moving novels

in more ways than one

life exists only insofar as it consumes other life

The Box Man youth equal to that of anThis is the record of a box man. Anonymous and alone, the box man peeps out of his cut out eyeholes and watches the world from behind his four cardboard walls. moreAt first repulsed by the strange phenomenon of people who have decided to abandon society and live in boxes on the Tokyo streets, he has found himself drawn into the anonymity and voyeurism of their life. As he becomes obsessed with spying on a young nurse, his identity slips away, in Kobo