Roman Kobo Abe “The burned map” (1967) was released simultaneously in Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union. Readers in such different countries were equally close to the main topics in the work of the Japanese writer: human defenselessness before society, hostility, fear and loneliness.
A detective from a private detective agency is investigating the case of the disappearance of a person. He disappeared in broad daylight, it is not clear where. In fact, there are a lot of such people. And the trouble is that they hardly want to be searched. These are people who leave and do not return. This everyday life, this life, this eternal search for a place in the sun …
Author
Abe Kobo
Editor
Uvarova Tatyana
Translator
Grivnin V.S.
Publisher
Amphora, 2014
Series
Modern classic
12+
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