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Kvinnan i sanden

Kōbō Abe

3.69 AVERAGE


حال و هوای ای کتاب خیلی آشناست. از تجربه ای می گوید که نمی دانی از کجا خورده ای، و هر چه هم تلاش می کنی رهایی نمی یابی و در نهایت می بینی با اینکه طناب رهایی و صعود از این گودال برایت فراهم است اما ترجیح می دهی در گودال بمانی و کارهای روزمرۀ گودال را رتق و فتق کنی.

A depressing metaphor for existence?

I really enjoyed this strange, sweaty, hypnotic, and disturbingly erotic book.

I just did not "get" this book.

The last quarter of act 2, and the whole of act 3 were great. The writing was pretty incoherent at times but I still enjoyed it a lot.
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tio ten read.

Never in my life did I think I'd enjoy entire chapters about bugs, sand and more sand.

This was a great break from my only exposure to Japanese literature (Murakami) and it was a fantastic book. Full review to come. First I need to shake off some sand.

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Claustrophobic and seething sexuality.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No

This book was weird... just weird. Very existential. I would describe the book to others and found myself giving the blandest summary of the book possible... because honestly, not a lot happens. This book is very introspective and because of that, it's probably not universally appealing. I liked it, but I'm not sure what I got out of it. The importance of work, probably... I don't know.