What is the author's style in The Man Who Turned Into a Stick by Kobo Abe?

Abe's style is not easy to discern. His plays are puzzles that are difficult to understand; better yet, they are more like dreams that no one fully understands. Abe's philosophy of drama was not to present everyday images that would entertain his audiences. His style was to make his audiences think. "Unless the theater regains the power to realize on stage those more abstract things which are impossible to see in everyday reality," Abe tells Shields, "audiences will find theatrical productions more and more boring." Abe elaborates on this challenge in an afterword to the published script of his play: "In performance it is essential that the style, rather than the words, be emphasized."