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 adaptatio
Cover of the first Japanese edition
Woman in the Dunes
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Woman in the Dunes or Woman of the Dunes is a 1964 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and written by Kobo Abe. It stars Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, and Kōji Mitsui. Associated with the
The Woman in the Dunes
…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…
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