The Woman in the Dunes

Abe Kōbō

Original title: The Woman in the dunes

earliest edition we have, 1987 Oxford University Press, 1987 hardcover 256 pages

A man collecting insects in a remote seaside area of Japan finds himself trapped in a town of enormous sand dunes.

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This book in English

E. Dale Saunders 1 printing we hold · 2006 · Penguin Books

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The Woman in the Dunes edition · 2006 · Penguin Books · 256 pages · 9780141188522
The Woman in the Dunes (Twentieth-Century Classics) hardcover · 1987 · Oxford University Press · 256 pages · 9780192820921

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