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A review by andthyme
The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
2.0
A somewhat bizarre collection of personal anecdotes of the Japanese court, poetic descriptions and what I can only describe as thousand-year-old listicles. Sample of the latter:
'Situations you have a feeling will turn out badly - A son-in-law who has a fickle nature and tends to neglect his wife, and who now hasn't visited her for some time.
Someone given to lying nevertheless makes himself out to be capable and dependable, and is given an important task to undertake.
A boat with sails raised high in a strong wind.
Someone in their seventies or eighties who's been ill for some days now.'
'Situations you have a feeling will turn out badly - A son-in-law who has a fickle nature and tends to neglect his wife, and who now hasn't visited her for some time.
Someone given to lying nevertheless makes himself out to be capable and dependable, and is given an important task to undertake.
A boat with sails raised high in a strong wind.
Someone in their seventies or eighties who's been ill for some days now.'