The face of another
by Ko?bo?, Abe
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, back cover tear
- ISBN 10
- 0399504842
- ISBN 13
- 9780399504846
- Seller
-
Barrington, Illinois, 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
- Rocking Chair Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11365760
- Title
- The face of another
- Author
- Ko?bo?, Abe
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, back cover tear
- Edition
- First Perigee
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399504842
- ISBN 13
- 9780399504846
- Publisher
- Perigee Books
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 237
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...