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The Ruined Map: A Novel Paperback - 2001
by Abe, Kobo
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Details
- Title The Ruined Map: A Novel
- Author Abe, Kobo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 2001-12-04
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0375726527
- ISBN 9780375726521 / 0375726527
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.19 x 0.74 in (20.42 x 13.18 x 1.88 cm)
- Reading level 900
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002265556
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the publisher
From the jacket flap
Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky.
Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye. The nameless detective has but two clues: a photo and a matchbook. With these he embarks upon an ever more puzzling pursuit that leads him into the depths of Tokyo's dangerous underworld, where he begins to lose the boundaries of his own identity. Surreal, fast-paced, and hauntingly dreamlike, Abe's masterly novel delves into the unknowable mysteries of the human mind.
Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.
Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye. The nameless detective has but two clues: a photo and a matchbook. With these he embarks upon an ever more puzzling pursuit that leads him into the depths of Tokyo's dangerous underworld, where he begins to lose the boundaries of his own identity. Surreal, fast-paced, and hauntingly dreamlike, Abe's masterly novel delves into the unknowable mysteries of the human mind.
Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.