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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993.     Subjects     Entomologists -- Fiction.     Widows -- Fiction.     Captivity -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.     Japan -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993.       by title:      The woman in the dun...      Suna no onna. Englis...       by call number:      FICTION ABE     Search the Web     Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993.     Entomologists -- Fiction.     Widows -- Fiction.     Captivity -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.     Japan -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The woman in the dunes / by Kobo Abe ; translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders ; with drawings by Machi Abe. by Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Vintage Books, 1991. Call #: FICTION ABE Subjects Entomologists -- Fiction.   Widows -- Fiction.   Captivity -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.   Japan -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780679733782 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Suna no onna. English Edition:  1st Vintage international ed. Description:  239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes:  First published 1964. Summary:  Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist in pursuit of a rare specimen of beetle, wanders into a strange seaside village, whose residents all live in sandpits. He is taken prisoner, and, along with a widow cast out by the community, he is forced to move into her sandpit and continually shovel away the sand that threatens to take over the village. In Niki's struggles to escape his prison and his developing relationship with the woman, he gradually comes to understand the existential nature of life. Genre:  Japanese fiction -- Translations into English. Psychological fiction. Literary fiction. Other authors:  Abe, Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Suna no onna. English. Saunders, E. Dale (Ernest Dale), 1919-1995. Abe, Machi, 1926-1993. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION ABE Adult Trade Paperback Books Adult Display 5 Add Copy to MyList

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