Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. nbsp; 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.
Publication
Tokyo : Shinchosha, Heisei 15 [2003]
ISBN
9784101121154
Pages
276
Language
Original language
Japanese
Original publication date
1962 (original Japanese)
1964 (English translation)
Other editions
The woman in the dunes by Kōbō Abe (Paperback)