Kobo Abe's "The Woman in the Dunes" Synopsis and Impressions - Internationally acclaimed masterpiece! What is Kafkaesque worldview and international literature?
This work, "The Woman in the Dunes," is an internationally acclaimed masterpiece that has been translated into more than 20 countries.
The story itself is just as simple! The main character suddenly wanders into a dune and is unreasonably trapped in a house in a hole. He struggles to escape from the hole surrounded by sand walls.
The "Box Man" introduced in the previous article had a difficult storyline and was so strange that it was considered a problematic work, but the current work, "The Woman in the Sand," is very easy to read.
However, the absurd worldview typical of Kobo Abe is still present.
This was a valuable read for me as it got me thinking about the international nature of literature. This was an enjoyable read.