The Ruined Map
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‘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, imaginative and entertaining novel’ San Francisco Chronicle

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Weight 0.183 kg
Dimensions 1.3 × 12.9 × 19.7 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

240
Publisher

Year Published

2020-10-29
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0241454603
About The Author

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.

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