The Face of Another
by Abe, Kobo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, 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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- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060380
- Title
- The Face of Another
- Author
- Abe, Kobo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- KOBO ABE FIRST EDITION BROWN WITH OFFWHITE AND YELLOW LETTERING KCA0412
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