Quotes from book
The Face of Another

Kóbó AbeOriginal title 他人の顔 (Japanese, 1964)

The Face of Another is a 1964 novel written by the Japanese novelist Kōbō Abe. Like other stories written by this author, the novel explored the alienation of modern man from urban society. In 1966, it was adapted into a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

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“You don't need me. What you really need is a mirror. Because any stranger is for you simply a mirror in which to reflect yourself. I don't ever again want to return to such a desert of mirrors.”

Kóbó Abe book The Face of Another

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