New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Hardcover. First American Edition (and first edition in English), first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with an exceptionally bright, red topstain. Abe's second book, basis for the classic 1966 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. The last of a trilogy of films Teshigahara made based on Abe's work, the first two being The Pitfall (1962) and Woman in the Dunes (1964). Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. A lovely copy. [Book #105257]