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Die Frau in den Dünen: Mit einem Nachwort von Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
In den Sanddünen vor einem abgelegenen Dorf frönt Niki Jumpei seiner einzigen der Suche nach unentdeckten Insektenarten. Als die Nacht hereinbricht, bieten ihm die Dorfbewohner ein Nachtquartier an – sie seilen ihn in die Tiefen eines Sandlochs hinab, zu einer einzelnen Hütte. Dort empfängt ihn eine junge Frau in geheimnisvoller Erwartung. Die ganze Nacht über bleibt sie auf und schaufelt das Haus frei. Als der Mann am nächsten Tag aufbrechen will, ist die Strickleiter verschwunden. Und durch alle Ritzen der Hütte dringt unablässig der Sand.
Dieser Roman begründete Kobo Abes Ruhm und wurde in über zwanzig Sprachen übersetzt.
Dieser Roman begründete Kobo Abes Ruhm und wurde in über zwanzig Sprachen übersetzt.
305 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2018
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Kōbō Abe
217 books2,073 followersKōbō Abe (安部 公房 Abe Kōbō), pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe, was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer, and inventor.
He was the son of a doctor and studied medicine at Tokyo University. He never practised however, giving it up to join a literary group that aimed to apply surrealist techniques to Marxist ideology.
Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities.
He was first published as a poet in 1947 with Mumei shishu ("Poems of an unknown poet") and as a novelist the following year with Owarishi michi no shirube ni ("The Road Sign at the End of the Street"), which established his reputation. Though he did much work as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, it was not until the publication of The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.
In the 1960s, he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in the film adaptations of The Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Ruined Map. In 1973, he founded an acting studio in Tokyo, where he trained performers and directed plays. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.
He was the son of a doctor and studied medicine at Tokyo University. He never practised however, giving it up to join a literary group that aimed to apply surrealist techniques to Marxist ideology.
Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities.
He was first published as a poet in 1947 with Mumei shishu ("Poems of an unknown poet") and as a novelist the following year with Owarishi michi no shirube ni ("The Road Sign at the End of the Street"), which established his reputation. Though he did much work as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, it was not until the publication of The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.
In the 1960s, he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in the film adaptations of The Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Ruined Map. In 1973, he founded an acting studio in Tokyo, where he trained performers and directed plays. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.
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