- Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Japan, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction
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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Grave, contemplative, prestige and intimate.
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- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Abe Kōbō
- First published
- 1966
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Phaedra Publishers, Penguin Books, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141188522
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Kōbō Abe (安部 公房) is the pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (安部 公房). Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, the son of a physician who taught medicine. He was raised in Mukden, Manchuria. He returned to Japan in 1941, and in 1943 he went to Tokyo Imperial University, where he earned a medical degree but he failed his medical exam and was forbidden from practicing. He returned to Manchuria as an author. In 1947, he self-published his first book, Mumei-shishū ("Poems of an unknown poet"). His wrote avant-garde poetry, novels, and plays. In 1977 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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