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House of the Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories
House of the Sleeping Beauties And Other Stories
Author: Yasunari Kawabata
From Japan's first Nobel laureate for literature, three superb stories exploring the interplay between erotic fantasy and reality in a loner's mind. — "He was not to do anything in bad taste, the woman of the house warned old Eguchi. He was not to put his finger into the mouth of the sleeping girl, or try anything else of that sort." With his pro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9784770029751
ISBN-10: 4770029756
Publication Date: 2/6/2004
Pages: 160
Edition: 2Rev Ed
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Publisher: Kodansha International
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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SuDongpo avatar reviewed House of the Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories on + 37 more book reviews
Minimalistic, disturbing, "sensual" and just plain strange. The Japanese really are different from Westerners.


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