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The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio M...

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The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio M...

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The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.

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Full title

The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.

Publisher

New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

Uniform title

Short stories. Selections. English

Call Numbers

G 2018/2957

Record Identifier

74VKVo8w5WWd

MMS ID

991024169413502626

Language

English

Japanese

(Language of original)

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

148 pages ; 21 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction -- House of the sleeping beauties -- One arm -- Of birds and beasts.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

Edition

First Vintage International edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2017.

More information

Scope and Contents

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 centu...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The house of the sleeping beauties : and other stories / Yasunari Kawabata ; introduction by Yukio Mishima ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©1969

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/2957

Record Identifier

74VKVo8w5WWd

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVo8w5WWd

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0525434135 (paperback)

9780525434139 (paperback)

DDC

895.634

MMS ID

991024169413502626

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