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Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780679733782
- ISBN-10: 0679733787
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: April 1991
- Dimensions: 8.06 x 5.22 x 0.53 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.42 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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