Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task. His only companion is an odd young woman. 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. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. 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. verso.īook Synopsis The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. This translation originally published in the United States by Alfred A. About the Book "Originally published in Japan as Suna no onna by Shinchosha, Tokyo, in 1962.
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