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Original Essays | May 3, 2012

Lucia Perillo: IMG The Polymorph's Perversity

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It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems... Continue »
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The Woman in the Dunes

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One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women in the Dunes combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where, Sisyphus-like, they are pressed into shoveling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
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Like a bad dream any imagination can identify with, Abe's story is at once beautiful and terrifying. Feeling trapped has never had this spin. Read this book with a glass of cold water nearby.
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ISBN:
9780679733782
Editor:
McDonald, Erroll
Translator:
Saunders, E. Dale
Translator:
Saunders, E. Dale
Author:
Abe, Kobo
Author:
McDonald, Erroll
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Japan
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works
Subject:
Near and far east
Subject:
Japan Fiction.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1964
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Vintage International
Series Volume:
P2734
Publication Date:
19910431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.06x5.22x.53 in. .42 lbs.
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