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The House of the Sleeping Beauties
Novella by Yasunari Kawabata
| Author | Yasunari Kawabata |
|---|---|
| Original title | 眠れる美女 Nemureru Bijo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Novella |
| Published | 1961 |
| Publication place | Japan |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
House of the Sleeping Beauties is a 1961 novella by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata.
It is a story about a lonely man, Old Eguchi, who continuously visits the House of the Sleeping Beauties in hope of something more.
Plot
The titular house is an establishment where old men pay to sleep beside young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties.
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The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of "bad taste" like "putting a finger inside their mouths". Eguchi is presented with a different girl each time he visits the house because of the short notice of his visits. He discovers that all of the gi Toggle share options LUMUG