SOURCE: Dissanayake, Wimal. “Self, Place, and Body in The Woman in the Dunes: A Comparative Study of the Novel and the Film.” In Literary Relations, East and West: Selected Essays, edited by Jean Toyama and Nobuko Ochner, pp. 41-54. Manoa, Hawaii: University of Hawaii, 1990.
In the following essay, Dissanayake lists the reasons for the success of the cinematic adaptation of Abé's novel The Woman in the Dunes.
This is a free excerpt of 67 words. There are 6,591 words (approx.
22 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Kōbō Abé: Critical Essay by Wimal Dissanayake Access Pass.
