Secret Rendezvous

Secret Rendezvous
Kobo Abe, Juliet Winters Carpenter
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 192pg
29 Oct 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241454619
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In Tokyo, in the middle of the night, an uncalled-for ambulance arrives to spirit away a man' s wife, though she is perfectly healthy. He sets out on an epic journey to find her, around the labyrinthine corners of a strange and enormous hospital. Days into his search, having encountered countless strange characters, odd sexual experiments and the unmistakable feeling of being watched, he is suddenly appointed to be the hospital' s chief of security, and his new boss is convinced that he is a horse. Throughout it all, he will never stop searching for his wife.
A disconcertingly funny book . . . both original and edgily entertaining * The New York Times Book Review * Vivid and spooky * Kirkus Reviews * Original and edgily entertaining. It confirms Abe as the best Japanese novelist (along with Shusaku Endo) since the deaths of Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata. * The New York Times *
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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ISBN-13: 9780241454619
Published: 29 Oct 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 145g
Pages: 192

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