The Face of Another (Paperback)

by Kobo Abe (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (Feb 4 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375726535
ISBN-13: 978-0375726538
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 227 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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The Christian Science Monitor

"A major novel." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"A fascinating book.... The world of Kobo Abe is one in which intellectual concepts have the emotional impact and motivating power of psychotic compulsions."–Newsweek

"A major novel... Since The Woman in the Dunes, Kobo Abe's stock as a novelist has been very high. The Face of Another raises it still more."–The Christian Science Monitor

"Probes the edges of a waking nightmare....The central, shaping metaphor of face and facelessness is brilliant, and Abe's relentless pursuit of its every implication is powerful."–The Saturday Review

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1.0 out of 5 stars a disgrace to Abe, Mar 26 2000

By	The Electric Walrus, KSC (the Anti-Bananashinigaminomiko Cabal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Face Of Another Pb (Paperback)

I've loved most of the Abe that I've read, but this one was terrible. The "philosophical musings" mentioned by one reviewer are complete BS. The main character constantly reads deep philosophical meaning into things that are very straightforward. Don't waste your money on this--read The Woman in the Dunes or Kangaroo Notebook instead.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Extraordinary Achievement, Oct 2 1999

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This review is from: Face Of Another Pb (Paperback)

Not one of the truly great novels, no doubt (and there are so few), but outstanding and amazing, nonetheless. Recommended, despite philosophical musings of a gratuitous density and complexity -- at times, quite beyond full comprehension.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Slow-going at first but well worth it!, Jul 8 1999

By	Jim Conant "jrc542" (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Face Of Another Pb (Paperback)

I initially found this novel hard to respect since the central theme of a man and his mask seemed trite and a cliche. However this setup does allow the novel's main character to seduce his wife, posing as a stranger; a strange social situation which was described with much empathy and insight by Abe.

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