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Woman in the Sands

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Niki Jumpei, a modest amateur entomologist, wanted to spend three days on the coast and expand his collection of beetles and butterflies. Instead, he found himself trapped—in a hole in the endless sand, in a house built on sand. A woman lives here, battling day and night against this relentless sand, which threatens to bury the house. This sand is like death itself, despair itself; it crushes all hope into dust, yet demands a daily battle. And within its depths lurks life—water...

"Woman in the Dunes" is a cult work by the renowned Japanese novelist and playwright Kobo Abe. Parable, fantasy, grotesque, philosophical reflection, psychological experiment, and metaphorical confession seamlessly merge in this simple and laconic narrative, gripping like quicksand.
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