| Author | Kōbō Abe |
| Publisher | Suhrkamp Taschenbuch |
| Publisher Series | Phantastische Bibliothek |
| Translated by | Siegfried Schaarschmidt |
| Copyright Holder | Insel Verlag |
| Licensed from | Insel Verlag |
| Licensed to | Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag |
| Typeset by | Poeschel & Schulz-Schomburgk |
| Printed by | Ebner, Ulm |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Willy Fleckhaus, Rolf Staudt |
| Cover Art by | Thomas Franke |
| Editor | Franz Rottensteiner |
| Consultant | Franz Rottensteiner |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | German |
| Location | Germany |
| This Edition Published | 1982 |
| Copyright | 1975 |
| Pages / Font | 261 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 3-518-37256-4 |
| Price | <800> 8,00 DM |
| Issue Number | 758 |
| Series Number | 65 |
