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Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Sei Shonagon
Category: Classic Fiction
Sei Shonagon was a contemporary and erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel The Tale of Genji fictionalizes the court life Shonagon describes. The Pillow Book is a collection of anecdotes, memories of court and religious ceremonies, character sketches, lists of things the author enjoyed or loathed ...Show more
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon
Category: Classic Fiction
A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the "Tale of Genji", this is one of the major Japanese classics.
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon; Arthur Waley (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
In the tenth century, Japan was both physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shōnagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji. Unlike the latter's ...Show more
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