By Kobo Abe
ISBN-10: 0375726527
ISBN-13: 9780375726521
Mr. Nemuro, a revered salesman, disappeared over part a yr in the past, yet merely now does his pleasing but alcoholic spouse lease a personal eye. The anonymous detective has yet clues: a photograph and a matchbook. With those he embarks upon an ever extra difficult pursuit that leads him into the depths of Tokyo's risky underworld, the place he starts to lose the limits of his personal identification. Surreal, fast moving, and hauntingly dreamlike, Abe’s masterly novel delves into the unknowable mysteries of the human mind.
Translated from the japanese by means of E. Dale Saunders.
From the exchange Paperback edition.
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