{"product_id":"the-face-of-another-9780375726538","title":"The Face of Another","description":"Like an elegantly chilling postscript to \u003cb\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis 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, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Face of Another\u003c\/b\u003e is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKobo 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 \u003cb\u003eThe Woman in the Dunes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKangaroo Notebook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ark Sakura\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Face of Another\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Box Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Ruined Map.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655393186066,"sku":"9780375726538","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5868369-cc76-4b1c-99bb-3f9e221faf93.jpg?v=1733380374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-face-of-another-9780375726538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}