Published in 1962, The Woman in the Dunes is a nightmare pegged to a single image: a man trapped in a sandpit, doomed to shovel alongside a mysterious woman.
Grief can arrive on a gust of wind, a glimpse at a calendar, or a half-heard snippet of conversation on the street.
Slow-motion strings and liturgical drones from Athens, Greece.
“I often wonder why people torment themselves as soon as they can.”
