The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon

The Pillow Book

Sei Shonagon with Arthur Waley (Translator)

80 pages first pub 1002 (editions)

nonfiction classics history informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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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...

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