{"product_id":"face-of-another","title":"Face of Another","description":"Like an elegantly chilling postscript to \u003cb\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident-a man who has lost his face and, with it, his connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such a mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self-a self that is capable of anything. A remorseless meditation on nature, identity and the social contract, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Face of Another\u003c\/b\u003e is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41875150733387,"sku":"9780375726538","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_3197432d-52d8-4d63-9b05-93847ad366ef.jpg?v=1762333644","url":"https:\/\/xiabooks.org\/products\/face-of-another","provider":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}