The Face of Another
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The Face of Another is a 1964 existential novel by Japanese writer Kōbō Abe that explores identity, alienation, and the nature of the self through a man who reconstructs his face with a lifelike mask.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Face of Another canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21800617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Face of Another Context triple: [Kōbō Abe, notableWork, The Face of Another]
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A.
The Last Face
The Last Face is a 2016 romantic drama film directed by Sean Penn that follows aid workers navigating love and moral dilemmas amid the violence of a West African civil war.
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B.
A Severed Head
A Severed Head is a darkly comic novel by Iris Murdoch that explores complex romantic entanglements, moral ambiguity, and psychological manipulation within a bourgeois London milieu.
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C.
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch is a 1978 British psychological thriller film about a man with deadly telekinetic powers, starring Richard Burton and directed by Jack Gold.
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D.
The Naked Face
The Naked Face is a psychological thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon that follows a psychoanalyst entangled in a deadly mystery after his patients are murdered.
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E.
The Other: A Novel
The Other: A Novel is a 1971 psychological horror novel by Tom Tryon that explores the dark, intertwined lives of twin brothers in a small 1930s Connecticut town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Face of Another Target entity description: The Face of Another is a 1964 existential novel by Japanese writer Kōbō Abe that explores identity, alienation, and the nature of the self through a man who reconstructs his face with a lifelike mask.
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A.
The Last Face
The Last Face is a 2016 romantic drama film directed by Sean Penn that follows aid workers navigating love and moral dilemmas amid the violence of a West African civil war.
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B.
A Severed Head
A Severed Head is a darkly comic novel by Iris Murdoch that explores complex romantic entanglements, moral ambiguity, and psychological manipulation within a bourgeois London milieu.
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C.
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch is a 1978 British psychological thriller film about a man with deadly telekinetic powers, starring Richard Burton and directed by Jack Gold.
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D.
The Naked Face
The Naked Face is a psychological thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon that follows a psychoanalyst entangled in a deadly mystery after his patients are murdered.
-
E.
The Other: A Novel
The Other: A Novel is a 1971 psychological horror novel by Tom Tryon that explores the dark, intertwined lives of twin brothers in a small 1930s Connecticut town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.