Description
A man's search for his mysteriously vanished wife plunges him into the labyrinthine depths of a surreal underground hospital, a place where logic dissolves and the bizarre becomes the norm. Navigating sinister medical practices and unsettling encounters, he finds himself appointed chief of security, reporting to an administrator who believes himself to be a horse. This nightmarish journey serves as a profound and darkly humorous satire on the absurdities of bureaucracy, the dehumanizing aspects of modern medicine, and the unsettling nature of contemporary existence.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Jul 9, 2002
192 pages
ISBN: 9780375726545
paperback
Perigee Trade
Published Jan 12, 1981
179 pages
ISBN: 9780399505010
paperback
Penguin Classics
Published Oct 29, 2020
ISBN: 9780241454619
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Details
First Published
1977
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Secret Rendezvous by Köbö Abe.