THE FACE OF ANOTHER
by Abe, Kobo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist, and was also widely known as a dramatist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been best sellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes , Kangaroo Notebook , The Ark Sakura , The Face of Another , The Box Man , and The Ruined Map.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Circle City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25670
- Title
- THE FACE OF ANOTHER
- Author
- Abe, Kobo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature
Terms of Sale
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