The face of another

In this intellectual horror story, 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 soo...

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Main Authors: Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993, Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993
Other Authors: Saunders, E. Dale (Ernest Dale), 1919-1995
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: New York : Knopf, 1966
New York, 1966
Edition:1st American ed
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Summary:In this intellectual horror story, 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
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Translation of Tanin No Kao
Translation of Tanin no kao
Translation of: Tanin no kao
Physical Description:237 p 22 cm.
237 p. ; 22 cm