Kobo Abe

The Face of Another is a 1964 novel by Kōbō Abe. In 1966, It was adapted into a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

The Ruined Map is a novel written by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe in 1967. The Ruined Map is the story of an unnamed detective, hired by a beautiful, alcoholic woman, to find clues related to the disappearance of her husband. In the process, the detective is given a map, supposedly to help him, but which turns out in …