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The Woman in the Dunes
by Kobo Abe

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Author: Kobo Abe
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-04-16
ISBN: 0679733787
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Vintage

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Book Review: Literary quicksand
Summary: 5 Stars

Near the ocean, somewhere southwest of northeast, a small, sleepy village is waiting. Like certain desert insects, cloaking their frightening reality with the shifty innocence of sand, the village seems totally harmless. And yet--there is something uncanny about it. A salty breeze blows by, a cool mist is in the air. A seagull cackles, harshly.... Abe's visceral journey into the (literal) depths of existentialism is so vivid you can feel the grains of sand in your throat, rubbing you raw. He plunges you into this world of sand and sun, a circle of hell just below your feet. You want to come up for air but he holds you down masterfully, until your only option is to continue turning pages with your trembling hands. Don't dare to hope, for hope is a trap even the crows ignore. And as you drown without a drop of water in sight, the shell of your past life scoured away by the sand the sand the everpresent sand, you may at last recall that even Sisyphus, or so it goes, was happy after all....
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