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House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

by Yukio Mishima, Edward G. Seidensticker, Yasunari Kawabata
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

Surreal tales blending fantasy, reality, and loneliness.

If you're drawn to the exploration of deep psychological landscapes wrapped in delicate prose, Kawabata's masterpiece is for you. The stories in this collection bridge the ephemeral gap between the tangible world and the contours of desire, offering a meditative journey through the human psyche. It's a reading experience that lingers, provoking thought long after the final page is turned.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

by Yukio Mishima, Edward G. Seidensticker, Yasunari Kawabata
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ISBN: 9780525434139
Authors: Yukio Mishima, Edward G. Seidensticker, Yasunari Kawabata
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2017-12-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Japanese Literature, Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.61
(rated by 8757 readers)

Description

Three erotically charged short stories from Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the tales in this collection, Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata probes the interplay of erotic fantasy and reality in the minds of three lonely men. In "House of the Sleeping Beauties," an old man pays to sleep with--but not touch--beautiful, sedated young girls; in "One Arm," a young woman gifts a man her right arm for the night; and in "Of Birds and Beasts," a middle-aged man's memories of an affair with a dancer mingle with glimpses of his abnormal attachment to his pets. Piercing examinations of sexuality and human psychology--and works of remarkable subtlety and beauty--the stories in House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories, translated by Edward Seidensticker, showcase one of the twentieth century's great writers--in any language--at his very best.
 

Surreal tales blending fantasy, reality, and loneliness.

If you're drawn to the exploration of deep psychological landscapes wrapped in delicate prose, Kawabata's masterpiece is for you. The stories in this collection bridge the ephemeral gap between the tangible world and the contours of desire, offering a meditative journey through the human psyche. It's a reading experience that lingers, provoking thought long after the final page is turned.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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