Kobo Abe Additional Author mixed material bibliography Tuttle 1969

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299 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 The Ruined Map From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ruined Map (??????? Moetsukita chizu) is a novel written by the Japanese writer Kobo Abe in 1967. The Ruined Map is the story of an unnam Japan 4805306548 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) F ABE Rui 5376 C2O library & collabtive (Humanities; Music) TheRuinedMap.jpg 5251 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated