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Kvinnan i sanden

Kōbō Abe

3.69 AVERAGE

dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a Kafkaesque nightmare in the style of "Metamorphosis". An insect collector goes to a strange seashore village in search of beetles. At night he seeks shelter and is given accommodation with a woman whose house is surrounded by large sand cliffs. In the morning he finds the rope ladder he has descended on has been taken away, the villagers wish to keep him trapped like a slave shovelling interminable sand. We learn a lot about the properties of sand, a grain averaging 1/8 mm in thickness. This is one of those books, which will stay in my mind a long time, it is quite a haunting scenario.
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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
reflective tense slow-paced
dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

least perverted and depressing piece of japanese literature
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

capolavoro.

a book about a silly guy making contraptions
dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated