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  The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback) By (author) Kobo Abe, Introduction by David Mitchell

  

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  Short Description for The Woman in the DunesIn a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where they are pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 01 March 2007
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Fiction In Translation
  • ISBN 13: 9780141188522 ISBN 10: 0141188529
  • Sales rank: 34,968

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• One of the premier Japanese novels in the twentieth century, "The Woman In The Dunes" combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where they are pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.