The House of the Sleeping Beauties
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The House of the Sleeping Beauties | |
Author | Yasunari Kawabata |
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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.