The Woman in the Dunes

The Woman in the Dunes - Paperback

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The Woman in the Dunes - Paperback

The Woman in the Dunes - Paperback

by Kobo Abe
$18.00
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Book Overview

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.

After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.

Front Jacket

One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women in the Dunes combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where, Sisyphus-like, they are pressed into shoveling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
ISBN9780679733782
Author Kobo Abe
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 1991
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, acclaimed for his imaginative fiction and plays of the absurd. Among his best-known novels are The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another, and The Box Man. Mark Gibeau is the award-winning translator of Dazai Osamu's novel A Shameful Life (2018). He has also published translations of works by Kawabata Yasunari, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Miyamoto Yuriko, and many others.

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