The Woman in the Dunes
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title:
The Woman in the Dunes
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The Woman in the Dunes is a novel by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe, published in 1962. It won the 1962 Yomiuri Prize for literature, and an English translation by E. Dale Saunders, and a film adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, appeared in 1964. The novel is intended as a commentary on the claustrophobic and limiting nature of existence, as well as a critique of certain aspects of Japanese social behavior. The story is preceded by the aphorism "Without the threat of punishment there is n
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1962 novel by Kobo Abe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_the_Dunes
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2013-08-29T07:19:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T06:12:47Z
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