This is one of those books best read in solitude—its atmosphere lingers long after you've finished. On the surface, little seems to happen, yet events unfold with a deliberate, almost hypnotic pace—like sand slipping through an hourglass.
More about the book
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.
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The Woman in the Dunes, Abe Kōbō
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- 1972
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