He had heard of insect-hunting beasts that lure their victims into sandy pits, but he didn’t expect that they would lure him into such a pit himself. He saw only a woman—she saw her captive. And there they found themselves alone, cut off from the world by an impassable wall of sand…
The situation is fantastic, and the plausibility of the plot is exceptional. The primitive existence of the heroes and their unusual philosophy. All of this makes “The Woman in the Sand” one of the most mysterious and extraordinary works of modern times.