The Woman in The Dunes
by Kobo Abe
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor scuffing to top and bottom edge of textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. Page #9 is dogeared. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate open tear to bottom of front panel. Moderate scuffing to both panels. Original 4.95 price on front flap.
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.
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Inventory #(N10-38).
Synopsis
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924 and grew up in Mukden, Manchuria, during World War II. In 1948 he received a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Considered one of Japan’s foremost novelists, his most famous works include The Face of Another (1964), The Box Man (1973), Secret Rendezvous (1977), and The Ark Sakura (1984). All of Abe’s books have been bestsellers in Japan and he was the recipient of numerous literary awards and prizes, including the Yomiuri Prize for The Woman in the Dunes in 1962. He collaborated with director Hiroshi Teshigahara on film adaptations of four of his novels—including The Woman in the Dunes —and was also widely known as a dramatist. He died in 1993.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5171
- Title
- The Woman in The Dunes
- Author
- Kobo Abe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
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- Spine
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