Woman in the Dunes
Kobo Abe • Shinchosha • ISBN 9780679733782
Woman in the Dunes
Kobo Abe • Shinchosha • ISBN-13 9780679733782
ISBN-10 Not provided • 1962 • 1st Edition
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ISBN 9780679733782 • Completeness 48
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Kōbō Abe’s 1962 novel presents a harrowing exploration of entrapment and identity as an amateur entomologist is held captive by a village of sand-dwellers. Through a surrealist lens, the narrative examines the repetitive, Sisyphean nature of human labor and the psychological erosion caused by profound isolation.
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