by Yasunari Kawabata
I value the books whose plot has managed to stay etched in my mind. Some of the novels I've read are pleasant, but they are soon forgotten. The ones that shape me and teach me are the most valued, of course; but I keep a special place for those that I remember. Kawabata's story is one of those. And ...
House of the Sleeping beauties is a novella of astonishing beauty and delicacy. This volume contains two other very short stories which I did not read. But 'House' is as fine and perfect a work as is Snow Country.
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