The Woman in the Dunes

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239 sivua ; 20 cm, 239 sidor

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Publicerades 5 augusti 1991 av Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-73378-2
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helmet.2386124

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The Woman in the Dunes (Japanese: 砂の女, Hepburn: Suna no Onna; lit. "Sand Woman") is a novel by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe, published in 1962. It won the 1962 Yomiuri Prize for literature, and an English translation by E. Dale Saunders, and a film adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, appeared in 1964. The novel is intended as a commentary on the claustrophobic and limiting nature of existence, as well as a critique of certain aspects of Japanese social behavior. The story is preceded by the aphorism "Without the threat of punishment there is no joy in flight."

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In the words of Bob Dylan: "Fuck fuck fuck, dig dig dig." I'm not sure if Abe's excavation of life, freedom and relationships actually goes anywhere, but that may be the point - just one person, captured in a trap and gradually adapting to it, while the world is immutably mutating. Doesn't quite work as a thriller - possibly due to the translation, it's obviously hard to tell how much of the detached, academic tone is Abe's doing and how much is the translator's - but as a post-Kafka thing, it's sometimes absolutely beautiful in its terribleness.

Still think I prefer the film version, though.

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  • Japan -- Fiction.