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CASA DE LAS BELLAS DURMIENTES, LA (original 1961; edition 2011)

by KAWABATA YASUNARI

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Dans une étrange maison de prostitution, les Belles endormies, parées de leurs charmes, attendent des clients de "tout repos", des hommes dans leur grand âge. Frédéric Clément a illustré cet univers raffiné, parsemé d'objets délicats, de portraits troublants qui jouent de leur lumière sur les pages ivoirées.… (more)
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Title:CASA DE LAS BELLAS DURMIENTES, LA
Authors:KAWABATA YASUNARI
Info:EMECE (2011), Edición: 1ST, Paperback, 128 páginas
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House of the Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata (1961)

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Fascinante. ( )
  seralv04 | Feb 14, 2024 |
(MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
I really liked Kawabata's 'Snow Country' and so I was really excited about reading this novella. But wow, was I disappointed!

I really have no problem with 'morality' issues (or lack of) in arts, as long as the artwork is interesting, thought-provoking. But this book was simply disgusting. Not disturbing, simply disgusting.
I take no pleasure in reading about an ageing man that fears he will soon be unable to have erections, and even less reading about one who thinks of himself as 'superior' because he is 'actually' still able to have one by sleeping next to a naked young girl.
And the part where he described the 14 year old prostitute (this one not asleep) he once paid for just made me mad.

'Shocking or not' question aside, this book simply fails to explore it's themes in interesting ways. As hard as I tried to understand even a tad bit the hero, this book ended up just making me read faster to get over with it as soon as possible.

If you really want to understand Kawabata's genius, I recommend 'Snow Country', and I recommend you ignore 'House of the Sleeping Beauties'.
Hey, 125 pages *is* short, but how many awesome Yukio Mishima short stories can you fit in that many pages? ( )
  roulette.russe | Jan 18, 2010 |
I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11902434 ( )
  natassAki | Aug 16, 2013 |
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Yasunari Kawabataprimary authorall editionscalculated
Mishima, YukioContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ouwehand, C.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ouwehand, C.Afterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Dans une étrange maison de prostitution, les Belles endormies, parées de leurs charmes, attendent des clients de "tout repos", des hommes dans leur grand âge. Frédéric Clément a illustré cet univers raffiné, parsemé d'objets délicats, de portraits troublants qui jouent de leur lumière sur les pages ivoirées.

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