The Face of Another
by Abe, Kobo
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 4770016344
- ISBN 13
- 9784770016348
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, 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
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D11B-03736
- Title
- The Face of Another
- Author
- Abe, Kobo
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 4770016344
- ISBN 13
- 9784770016348
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA Inc
- Place of Publication
- Cary, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1992-07
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