The house of the sleeping beauties
Subtitle: and other stories
By: Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker
Contributors: Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970, writer of introduction; Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007, translator
Edition: First Vintage International edition.
Publisher: Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780525434139
Subjects: Social life and customs; Translations into English; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: House of the sleeping beauties; title: One arm; title: Of birds and beasts.