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The Woman in the Dunes

The Woman in the Dunes - Paperback

by Kobo Abe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kobo AbeSeries:Vintage InternationalPublish date:1991-04-16Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679733782ISBN-10:679733787UPC:9780679733782Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Psychological, Magical RealismSize:8.06 x 5.22 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC79DX4405
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679733782ISBN-10:679733787UPC:9780679733782Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Psychological, Magical RealismSize:8.06 x 5.22 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC79DX4405
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan's foremost novelists, his most famous works include The Face of Another (1964), The Box Man (1973), Secret Rendezvous (1977), and The Ark Sakura (1984). All of Abe's books have been bestsellers in Japan and he was the recipient of numerous literary awards and prizes, including the Yomiuri Prize for The Woman in the Dunes in 1962. He collaborated with director Hiroshi Teshigahara on film adaptations of four of his novels--including The Woman in the Dunes--and was also widely known as a dramatist. He died in 1993.
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