The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon with Meredith McKinney (Translator), Sugai Minoru (Illustrator)

395 pages first pub 1002 (editions)

nonfiction classics history informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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‘I wonder if it’s wrong to feel a fascination with the way those in high places live’Written by the Court gentlewoman Sei Shōnagon (c. 966-1017), ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book is one of the greatest works of Japanese literature...

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