① Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe Price: ¥520 (excluding tax) Shinchosha Bunko, May 2018, 77th printing ② The Luxury of the Dead Kenzaburo Oe Price: ¥438 (excluding tax) Shinchosha Bunko, June 2005, 68th printing Both books appear to be in generally good condition for used items, with very little damage to the inside and outside. ◆Contents ① There's nothing I need that I don't have. This masterpiece, translated into over twenty languages, depicts a man trapped in a house at the bottom of a sand pit, attempting to escape in every way possible. A man who went insect collecting in the sand dunes is trapped in a house that is being buried at the bottom of a sand pit. The man tries to escape in every way he can think of. A woman who wants to keep the man in the hole to protect the house. And the villagers who watch the two of them, preventing the man from escaping from above the hole. A long novel that pursues the extreme form of human existence through documentary techniques and suspenseful developments. Translated into over 20 languages. Winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize. ◆Contents ② This collection includes six stories: "The Luxury of the Dead," a twisted lyricism entrusted to the corpses floating in the water tank of the morgue; "Foot of Others," a lament for the boys with spinal caries confined within the thick walls of the sanatorium; "The Catch," a tragic tale of a black soldier and children in a remote village; and "Human Sheep," which depicts the humiliation of witnessing the foolish behavior of a foreign soldier on a bus. A collection of works that won the Akutagawa Prize, a brilliant debut for the Nobel laureate during his student days. #KoboAbe #Kobo_Abe #book #JapaneseLiterature/Novels&Stories KenzaburoOe