Kobo Abe

The Ruined Map

Buch

'A brilliant display of pyrotechnics, a compelling tour de force ... by a master jeweller of polished prose' The New York TimesA private detective is hired to find a missing person, but nothing is normal about this case. Why has the beautiful, alcoholic wife of the vanished salesman waited over half a year to search for him? Why are the only clues a photo and a matchbox? As the investigator's ever-more puzzling hunt takes him into the labyrinthine depths of the urban underworld, he begins to wonder if it is in fact he who is lost. An intoxicating blend of noir thriller and surreal dream, The Ruined Map questions identity itself.'An exciting,… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Saunders, E. Dale (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-241-45460-2
EAN: 9780241454602
Produktnummer: 33380549
Verlag: Penguin Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Masse: H19.7 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.5 cm 182 g
Gewicht: 182

Über den Autor

Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes, The Ark Sakura, The Face of Another, The Box Man and The Ruined Map.