Woman in the Dunes
Kobo Abe • Shinchosha • ISBN Not provided
Woman in the Dunes
Kobo Abe • Shinchosha • ISBN-13 9780679733782
ISBN-10 Not provided • 1962 • Vintage International Trade Paperback
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ISBN Not provided • Completeness 40
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An entomologist is held captive in a remote, sand-swept village, forced into a Sisyphean existence that challenges his perception of freedom and human purpose.
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Contributor: Kōbō AbeMovement: Surrealism
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Category: ExistentialismCategory: IsolationCategory: Japanese LiteratureCategory: LiteratureCategory: Postwar FictionCategory: Psychological DramaCategory: SurrealismCategory: Metaphorical FictionCornerstone of: Japanese Postwar Literature
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