Description
While pursuing his passion for collecting insects along a remote Japanese coast, an ordinary schoolteacher is drawn into a surreal ordeal from which escape seems impossible. Imprisoned in a house buried among shifting dunes, he confronts an isolated community whose survival depends on endless, punishing labor. Blending existential suspense with striking natural imagery, the novel explores freedom, identity, desire, and the ways confinement can reshape the human spirit. Its dreamlike atmosphere and incisive psychological insight make it a landmark of modern Japanese literature.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 9780141188522
paperback
Vintage
Published Apr 16, 1991
258 pages
ISBN: 9780679733782
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Details
First Published
1962
Language
eng
Translation
Original: 砂の女
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kōbō.