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Can I read The Face of Another on EtoBox?
The Face of Another by Kôbô Abe; E Dale Saunders is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Face of Another about?
<p>Like an elegantly chilling postscript to <b>The Metamorphosis</b><i>,</i> this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident–a man who has lost his face and, with it, his connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him.</p> <p>His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such a mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self–a self that is capable of anything. A remorseless meditation on nature, identity and the social contract, <b>The Face of Another</b> is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.</p>
Who reads The Face of Another?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kôbô Abe; E Dale Saunders
- Publisher
- Vintage International
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307813725
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (2,079 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14