The Face of Another

This article is about the novel. For the film, see The Face of Another (film).

The Face of Another (他人の顔, Tanin no kao) is a 1964 novel by Kōbō Abe. In 1966, It was adapted into a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

Synopsis

A plastics scientist loses his face in an accident and proceeds to obtain a new face for himself. With a new 'mask', the protagonist sees the world in a new way and even goes so far as to have a clandestine affair with his estranged wife. There is also a subplot following a hibakusha woman who has suffered burns to the right side of her face. In the novel, the protagonist sees this character in a film; in the film version, this is deliberately obscured.

References

"Abe Kōbō", Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD.

Works by Kōbō Abe

Novels	Inter Ice Age 4 (1958) The Woman in the Dunes (1962) The Face of Another (1964) The Ruined Map (1967) Secret Rendezvous (1977) The Ark Sakura (1984) Kangaroo Notebook (1991)

Plays	The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (1957)

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