{"product_id":"the-face-of-another-kobo-abe-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kobo Abe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375726535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375726538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.23w x 0.56d","brand":"Kobo Abe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050655903999,"sku":"9780375726538","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d142e67a-b55c-4f07-b06d-04060f509861.jpg?v=1685008482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-face-of-another-kobo-abe-9780375726538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}