The Woman in the Dunes
$23.77
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2006
Summary
One of the premier Japanese novels in the twentieth century, THE WOMAN 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 they are pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141188522 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141188529 |
| Author: | Kobo Abe, David Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2006 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
“Abe follows with meticulous precision his hero’s constantly shifting physical, emotional and psychological states. He also presents…everyday existence in a sand pit with such compelling realism that these passages serve both to heighten the credibility of the bizarre plot and subtly increase the interior tensions of the novel.” – The New York Times Book Review “Some of Kobo Abe’s readers will recall Kafka’s manipulation of a nightmarish tyranny of the unknown, others Beckett’s selection of sites like the sand pit…as a symbol of the undignified human predicament.” – Saturday Review” Abe follows with meticulous precision his hero’s constantly shifting physical, emotional and psychological states. He also presents…everyday existence in a sand pit with such compelling realism that these passages serve both to heighten the credibility of the bizarre plot and subtly increase the interior tensions of the novel.” – The New York Times Book Review ” Some of Kobo Abe’s readers will recall Kafka’s manipulation of a nightmarish tyranny of the unknown, others Beckett’s selection of sites like the sand pit…as a symbol of the undignified human predicament.” – Saturday Review
About The Author
Kobo Abe
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country’s foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, THE ARK SAKURA, THE FACE OF ANOTHER, THE BOX MAN, and THE RUINED MAP.
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