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ISBN-10: 0679733787
ISBN-13: 9780679733782
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 04/16/1991
Dimensions: 8.06" L, 5.22" W, 0.53" H

The Woman in the Dunes

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Overview

This contemporary Japanese novel combines elements of myth, suspense, and existentialism. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a sand pit, where they must shovel off the ever-advancing sand dunes.

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Reviews
"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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Details

ISBN-10: 0679733787
ISBN-13: 9780679733782
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 04/16/1991
Dimensions: 8.06" L, 5.22" W, 0.53" H
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