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The Face of Another

The Face of Another

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The Face of Another

by Abe, Kobo

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 3-237, [9] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey paper boards with silver lettering and red decorations on the spine and front board; red topstain. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. With fourty-four drawings by Robert Steele Wallace. First printing of the first American edition. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. A very attractive copy, basis for the 1966 Japanese film. Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with the top corner of the rear flap clipped.

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
Evening Star Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
00005992
Title
The Face of Another
Author
Abe, Kobo
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American edition
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1966

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