The Woman in the Dunes
Author: Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the loc….Read More
14 Books Similar to The Woman in the Dunes
A Personal Matter
Kenzaburō Ōe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful… Continue Reading Posted in: 20th Century, Asian Literary History & Criticism, Japanese Literature, Literary Fiction, Translations Into English
The Box Man
Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative fantasies and naturalistic prose to create narratives reminiscent of the work of Kafka and Beckett.,,In this… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian Literature, Cultural, Fiction
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
For generations, children have loved the enchanting story of the twelve beautiful princesses and the handsome young lad who solves the mystery of their tattered shoes.Now Marianna Mayer brings to… Continue Reading Posted in: Fairy Tales, Folklore
The Wall and Other Stories
In the five stories included in this collection - "The Wall," "The Room," "Erostratus," "Intimacy" and "The Childhood of a Leader" - the French master of Existentialism displays his powers… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Family, French Literature, Jean Paul, Mur (Sartre, Short Stories
Beauty
From Newbery Medal–winning author Robin McKinley, this beloved story illuminates an unlikely love story—Beauty and the Beast.Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her… Continue Reading Posted in: Sisters, Young Adult Fiction
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
In the novels that make up the U.S.A.trilogy—The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money—Dos Passos creates an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant… Continue Reading Posted in: 1914 1918, Bibliography, Lawyers & Criminals Humor, Political Fiction, World War, World War (1914 1918)
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be “normal.” Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to… Continue Reading Posted in: Authors, Japanese, Japanese Literature, LGBT Literary Fiction, Literary Fiction
Kokoro
Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight," Kokoro — "the heart of things" — is the work of one of Japan's most popular authors. This thought-provoking… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian Literary History & Criticism, Eastern Philosophy, Friendship, Japanese Fiction, Life
The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion
In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting portrait of a young man's obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Japanese, Psychological Fiction, Translations Into English
A Bend in the River
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereIn the "brilliant novel" (The New York Times) V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man—an Indian who, uprooted… Continue Reading Posted in: 1900, Biography, Fiction In English, Historical Fiction, Politics And Government, Small Town & Rural Fiction
Snow Country
Nobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's masterpiece, a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan.At an… Continue Reading Posted in: Japan, Japanese Fiction, Literary Criticism & Theory, Small Town & Rural Fiction, Translations Into English
Kitchen
Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is… Continue Reading Posted in: 1964, 20th Century, Banana, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Japanese Literature, Yoshimoto
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.