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informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Fragments and opinions from the life of the Heian noblewoman who wrote The Tale of Genji. For a few moments, Murasaki manages to reach across a millennium and gently punch me in the chest.
“Aware of my own insignificance, I had at least managed for the time to avoid anything that might have been considered shameful or unbecoming; yet here I was, tasting the bitterness of life to the very full” (34)
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Minor: Pregnancy
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