In this surreal, absurdist novel, a satire of doctors and of modern attitudes toward sex, a salesman's wife is kidnapped and becomes the object of bizarre sexual experiments. Searching for her, he loses his own identity--a theme that permeates Abe's novels.
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In this surreal, absurdist novel, a satire of doctors and of modern attitudes toward sex, a salesman's wife is kidnapped and becomes the object of bizarre sexual experiments. Searching for her, he loses his own identity--a theme that permeates Abe's novels.
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Seller's Description:
Fine copy. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet W. Carpenter. 8"x 5 3/8" trade pbk, photo-illus cover, $4.95 on front, 179 pgs; hbk pub in 1979. cover design by Lynn Hollyn w/ photo by Steve Kaplan & handlettering by David Gatti.
