Weaving Stories: Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Book Club: World Literature, The Box Man by Kōbō Abe

Thursday, 5/7/2020
6:00 - 7:30
Virtual Library

United States

Kōbō Abe's The Box Man is an original and bizarrely fascinating Kafkaesque fable about the nature of identity and the place of man in society. Come ready to talk about the book. 

The Box Man is also available using the Internet Archives', National Emergency Library. The title may be checked out for 14 days. 

The World Literature Book Club will be an online event until further notice, using the Zoom platform. 

The meeting link will be sent the day of the event. 

Reservations required: https://bit.ly/TheBoxMan

AANHPI Interest

Celebrate and honor the diverse histories and cultures from Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

Book Clubs

Read, discuss ideas and connect through the many book clubs hosted by SFPL.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

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