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
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 they are pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village
Book purchase
Woman in the Dunes, Abe Kōbō
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- Released
- 2006
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