The House of the Sleeping Beauties

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The House of the Sleeping Beauties
Author Yasunari Kawabata
Original title 眠れる美女
Nemureru Bijo
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Genre(s) Novella
Publication date 1961
Preceded by The Lake
Followed by The Old Capital

House of the Sleeping Beauties is a novella by Nobel Prize winning author Yasunari Kawabata.

A story about a lonely man, Old Eguchi continuously visits the House of the Sleep Beauties in hopes of something more.