Woman in the Dunes | 
pick*image taken from a poster for the film adaptation
At its most basic, Woman in the Dunes is a metaphor for human existence. We are all of us stuck in a hole trying to get out. Attempting to understand that which is the hardest to comprehend: the meaning of self, the motives of other human beings, the point of suffering, and other such existential questions. Bleak and masterfully written.
Listened to on Audible — Julian Cihi nailed the narration.
Excited to dive into my first Kobo Abe novel for my next audiobook pick…
so-so#triplebookspin #bookspin complete! Thank you @TheAromaofBooks for the challenge, it is so good to get these off the shelf.
This was a fast and interesting read, but I found myself often confused by the timeline and what was reality. Written in the 60's and from Japan the confusion could be in translation.
"As long as the winds blew, the rivers flowed, and the seas stirred, sand would be born grain by grain from the earth, and like a living being it would creep everywhere. The sands never rested. Gently but surely they invaded and destroyed the surface of the earth."
"The beauty of sand, in other words, belonged to death. It was the beauty of death that ran through the magnificence of its ruins and its great power of destruction."
I feel like I have been slacking on my evening reading this week because instead of books I've been trying to get this pin cushion to like me.
Days off at our house: I just wandered back into the living room after claiming I was going to take a bath and whined "I finished my bathtub book during our naptime" Hubsband just stared at me with an open mouth before proclaiming "My toddler wife"
#somethingforsept #septphotochallenge I have a bit of a thing for works of translated fiction. There's just something about a (well-done) translation that adds a new dimension and/or perspective to the language. Things being described in a way I've never seen before, etc. Kobo Abe in particular is one of my favourite authors for the way his crazy plot lines seem so utterly realistic and normal. ❤️
pickStarted this early in the evening, and I just couldn't stop. 😬
This hasn't happened in quite a while... Made me wanna get the hell outta that situation along with the protagonist. 🌊
