The Ruined Map

The Ruined Map
Cover of first American edition
AuthorKōbō Abe
Original title燃え尽きた地図
Moetsukita chizu
TranslatorE. Dale Saunders
LanguageJapanese
GenreExistentialism, Detective fiction
PublisherShinchosha
Publication date
1967
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1969
Media typePrint

The Ruined Map (燃え尽きた地図 Moetsukita chizu, 1967) is a novel by Japanese writer Kōbō Abe, translated into English by E. Dale Saunders for Knopf in 1969.