The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, searches the scorching desert for beetles. As night falls he is forced to seek shelter in an eerie village, half-buried by huge sand dunes. He awakes to the terrifying realization that the villagers have imprisoned him with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit.

Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, THE ARK SAKURA, THE FACE OF ANOTHER, THE BOX MAN, and THE RUINED MAP.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780141188522
ISBN 10	0141188529
Title	The Woman in the Dunes
Author	Kobo Abe
Series	Penguin Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2006-09-28
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.