The woman in the dunes
Abe, Kobo, 1924-19932006
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In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, is held captive at the bottom of a vast sand pit where he is pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
Main title:
The woman in the dunes / Kobo Abe ; translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders introduction by David Mitchell ; with drawings by Machi Abe.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2006.
Collation:
xiii, 239 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Knopf, 1964; London: Secker & Warburg, 1965.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780141188522 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishJapanese
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BRN:
141768