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The Woman in the Dunes (Vintage International)
The Woman in the Dunes - Vintage International
Author: Kobo Abe, E. Dale Saunders (Translator), Machi Abe (Illustrator)
One of the premier Japanese novels of 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, Sisyphus-like, they are pressed i...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679733782
ISBN-10: 0679733787
Publication Date: 4/16/1991
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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I read this book years ago in college. I remember it being very surreal. If Dali were a writer instead of a painter, he'd produce a book like this one! I did enjoy it though.
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