| The Woman in the Dunes Contributor(s): Abe, Kobo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679733787 ISBN-13: 9780679733782 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1991 Annotation: One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women 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 into shoveling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90050625 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.22" W x 8.06" (0.42 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |