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| Title | : | The Face of Another |
| Author | : | Kōbō Abe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 238 pages |
| Published | : | February 4th 2003 by Vintage (first published 1964) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Science Fiction |
Kōbō Abe
Paperback | Pages: 238 pages Rating: 3.78 | 3177 Users | 225 Reviews
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Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident–a man who has lost his face and, with it, his connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him.His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such a mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self–a self that is capable of anything. A remorseless meditation on nature, identity and the social contract, The Face of Another is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.
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| Original Title: | 他人の顔 [Tanin no kao] |
| ISBN: | 0375726535 (ISBN13: 9780375726538) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198/the-face-of-another-by-kobo-abe/ |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 3177 Users | 225 ReviewsAssessment Of Books The Face of Another
The world of The Face of Another is the world of Japan in the 1960s , observed through Abe's highly tuned microscope; a world layered in paranoia, in which fast growing technology when not regulated, might create a terrifying nightmarish forecast of the future. Abe explores the foreign - the unknown within man, moving his protagonist in deceptive scenarios, observing his relationship with others, peeling away his external perceptions, to expose the layers within. A scientist's facialOh, the under-appreciated Kobo Abe. His work is always intriguing, especially Women in the Dunes and The Ruined Map, and usually quite compelling, but something about this one had me less than enthusiastic to pick it up. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but it just wasn't the same Abe I have enjoyed so much in his previous novels. There is plenty of intrigue: a man loses his face in a laboratory accident, constructs a mask to hide the deformity, then, as he plays psychological mind games with
Of course the author ended with a movie summary in highly lyrical language just to show he could do it if he wanted to - write beautifully. The rest of the book is great in voice - the narrator is unbearably self-centered. I felt claustrophobic being stuck inside his head. Lots and lots of intriguing and smart diagnosis of identity....made me think about masks a great deal. Made me wonder if I could design my own face to suit what I think my soul is? It probably wouldn't even be a face. It would
The world of The Face of Another is the world of Japan in the 1960s , observed through Abe's highly tuned microscope; a world layered in paranoia, in which fast growing technology when not regulated, might create a terrifying nightmarish forecast of the future. Abe explores the foreign - the unknown within man, moving his protagonist in deceptive scenarios, observing his relationship with others, peeling away his external perceptions, to expose the layers within. A scientist's facial
If Abe Kobo is one of the most important writers in post-war Japan, then The Face of Another is one of its most incisive commentaries on human nature and identity. Brilliantly conceived and meticulously crafted, a work of this magnitude can only be the product of an intellectual with rare creative ability. It is a veritable invention of genius, and nothing less than a philosophical tour de force.The Japanese title Tanin no Kao is a more apt title for it connotes something stronger than just "of
for a while i thought this might make it to my 'favorites' bookshelf, but then the whole book became way too abstract and hard to grasp for me. but the reason i fell in love with abe kobo is that he is able to so genuinely describe a mind of a human being, a state of society, a feeling or a mood. he can very accurately portray both negative and positive feelings, but suffering especially. at some point in the book, i became quite confused with the main character's thoughs and feelings, and i
The Face of Another [1964] ★★★★★We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be (Kurt Vonnegut). After enjoying The Woman in the Dunes [1962] over the summer, I have now read The Face of Another by the same author (translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders). In this story, which is narrated through three notebooks (diaries), we are told of a scientist who gets facially disfigured while conducting an experiment in a laboratory, and struggles from then on to
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