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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. An amateur entomologist visits the seashore, and misses the last bus home. He is offered a place to stay at the bottom of a vast sand pit. The locals don't let him leave, but is put to work shoveling back the sand dunes, with only an odd young woman as a companion. In print @ $16.00. Seller Inventory # 017142
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This contemporary Japanese novel combines elements of myth, suspense, and existentialism. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a sand pit, where they must shovel off the ever-advancing sand dunes. One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women in the Dunes combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, a teacher and amateur entomologist, is held captive with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit where, Sisyphus-like, they are pressed into shoveling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780679733782
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