{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"readellion","provider_url":"https:\/\/readellion.com\/en","author_name":"\u0428\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f","author_url":"https:\/\/readellion.com\/en\/author\/mariia-sharova\/","title":"The Woman in the Dunes - readellion","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A1JVrAl5Mg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readellion.com\/en\/product\/zhinka-v-piskakh\/\">The Woman in the Dunes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/readellion.com\/en\/product\/zhinka-v-piskakh\/embed\/#?secret=A1JVrAl5Mg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Woman in the Dunes&#8221; &#8212; readellion\" data-secret=\"A1JVrAl5Mg\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/readellion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/zhinka_v_piskah-scaled.webp","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":2560,"description":"The Woman in the Dunes\u00a0is one of the key novels of 20th-century Japanese literature: dry, tense, visceral, and almost physically palpable. It is often compared to the prose of Kafka and Camus, but the absurdity in K\u014db\u014d Abe is anything but abstract. It grates on your teeth, clings to your skin, and every day, the sand comes back to bury the world around you. In this now-classic existential novel, Abe challenges our ideas about human freedom and purpose. The book touches on sensitive issues in Japanese society, including prejudice against the burakumin, a historically marginalised group, while also critiquing the postwar corporate culture that can lead to alienation and even suicide. The Woman in the Dunes\u00a0was awarded the Yomiuri Prize in 1962. Just two years later, in 1964, it was adapted for the screen by director Hiroshi Teshigahara."}