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The Woman In the Dunes
[Paperback - 1991]
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Literary Fiction
Additional Category: Psychological Fiction
Publisher: Vintage | ISBN: 9780679733782 | Pages: 256
Shipping Weight: .181 | Dimensions: 5.16 x .51 x 8.04 inches

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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.

About the Author

Kōbō Abe(安部 公房 Abe Kōbō), pseudonym ofKimifusa Abe, was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer, and inventor.He was the son of a doctor and studied medicine at Tokyo University. He never practised however, giving it up to join a literary group that aimed to apply surrealist techniques to Marxist ideology.Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities.He was first published as a poet in 1947 withMumei shishu("Poems of an unknown poet") and as a novelist the following year withOwarishi michi no shirube ni("The Road Sign at the End of the Street"), which established his reputation. Though he did much work as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, it was not until the publication ofThe Woman in the Dunesin 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.In the 1960s, he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in the film adaptations ofThe Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of AnotherandThe Ruined Map. In 1973, he founded an acting studio in Tokyo, where he trained performers and directed plays. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.

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