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The Woman in the Dunes

By Kobo Abe

By Kobo Abe

By Kobo Abe

By Kobo Abe

By Kobo Abe
Read by Julian Cihi

By Kobo Abe
Read by Julian Cihi

Part of Vintage International

Part of Vintage International

Paperback $16.00

Apr 16, 1991 | 256 Pages

Ebook $11.99

Dec 14, 2011 | 256 Pages

Audiobook Download $17.50

Sep 18, 2018 | 374 Minutes

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    About The Woman in the Dunes

    The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.
     
    After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.

    About The Woman in the Dunes

    The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.
     
    After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.

    About The Woman in the Dunes

    The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.
     
    After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.

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    About Kobo Abe

    Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan’s foremost novelists, his… More about Kobo Abe

    About Kobo Abe

    Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan’s foremost novelists, his… More about Kobo Abe

    About Kobo Abe

    Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan’s foremost novelists, his… More about Kobo Abe

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 16, 1991 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679733782

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 14, 2011 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307813732

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 18, 2018 | 374 Minutes | ISBN 9781984829184

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    Praise

    “Devious, addictive. . . . Never less than compulsive. . . . Abe is an accomplished stylist.”
    —David Mitchell
     
    “Abe follows with meticulous precision his hero’s constantly shifting physical, emotional and psychological states.”
    —The New York Times Book Review
     
    “As is true of Poe and Kafka . . . Abe creates on the page an unexpected impulsion. One continues reading, on and on.”
    —The New Yorker

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