The Woman on the Dunes Summary

Louis can't sleep because of his increasing sexual frustration. He goes for a walk and discovers windows not fully drawn that reveal lovers. As he continues to walk he sees a woman heading toward a beach. Louis follows her and sees her pull off her clothes to go swimming. Louis does the same and the two swim naked for a time while having sex. When they return to the beach they continue to chase each other and have sex. They come to a house where they lie in the bushes under the window.

While laying together the woman begins to tell a story of when she was in Paris and went to watch a Russian that was going to be hanged. While she stood in the lines waiting for the man to walk to the...