Alisha's review
The Woman in the Dunes
by Kobo Abe
Alisha's review
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
Alisha's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fiction
recommended for: existentialists
This is a Kafka-esque tale of a man who is imprisoned in a pit and forced to dig sand. The man struggles both with his captors and with his own thoughts; he wrestles with meaning, individuality, and identity as he slowly adjusts to, and even becomes attached to, his repetitive life.
The book could be a bit helter-skelter; the man's thoughts sometimes jump around in a way that make the actual events hard to follow. There were often several metaphors piled up on one another, which was a bit confusing. But overall it was a beautiful book that raised important questions about the nature of captor-prisoner relationships, dependancy, and what we define as "success" in life.
The book could be a bit helter-skelter; the man's thoughts sometimes jump around in a way that make the actual events hard to follow. There were often several metaphors piled up on one another, which was a bit confusing. But overall it was a beautiful book that raised important questions about the nature of captor-prisoner relationships, dependancy, and what we define as "success" in life.
