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House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
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Second reading. I have no memory of the first, which is unusual for me.
In “House of the Sleeping Beauties� an elderly man frequents a house near the sea where he sleeps with attractive young unclothed women who’ve been heavily sedated.
In “One Arm� a man borrows a girlfriend’s limb for the night and takes it to his room where he tries it on for size; it talks to him and comments on the decor.
In “Of Birds and Bees,� an animal fancier, perhaps unintentionally, kills many birds and dogs in pursuit of a kind of lonely oneness with nature.
In “House of the Sleeping Beauties� an elderly man frequents a house near the sea where he sleeps with attractive young unclothed women who’ve been heavily sedated.
In “One Arm� a man borrows a girlfriend’s limb for the night and takes it to his room where he tries it on for size; it talks to him and comments on the decor.
In “Of Birds and Bees,� an animal fancier, perhaps unintentionally, kills many birds and dogs in pursuit of a kind of lonely oneness with nature.
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Reading Progress
March 24, 2011
– Shelved
March 31, 2011
– Shelved as:
20-ce
March 31, 2011
– Shelved as:
short-stories
March 31, 2011
– Shelved as:
japan
March 31, 2011
– Shelved as:
fiction
July 31, 2011
– Shelved as:
translation
January 9, 2020
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Started Reading
January 17, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Jan 21, 2020 09:26AM
I normally prefer novels to short stories but these sound unique and cool.
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Kawabata’s novels are great. I’d start there, if you haven’t read him. Thanks for your comment.
