The woman in the dunes
Abe Kobo • Vintage Books • ISBN-13 978‑0679733782
The woman in the dunes
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ISBN-10: 0679733787 · ISBN-13: 978‑0679733782 · 1962 · 1st Edition
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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. This seminal work of postwar Japanese literature challenges the boundaries between individual autonomy and societal obligation within a shifting, desolate landscape.
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