The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Edition:
First Vintage International edition.
Publisher:
Vintage International/Vintage Booksa division of Penguin Random House LLC,
Introduction -- House of the sleeping beauties -- One arm -- Of birds and beasts.
Summary:
"In the three surreal, erotically charged tales in this collection, Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata examines the boundaries between fantasy and reality in the minds of three lonely men. These stories are piercing evocations of sexuality and human psychology-- and works of remarkable subtlety and beauty--that showcase one of the twentieth century's great writers at his very best."--Back cover.
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