Björn recenserade The woman in the dunes av Abe Kobo (UNESCO collection of representative works)
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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.
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.