A review by zmb
The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

3.0

This book is something. It's delightful how it manages to simultaneously be incredibly conversational, making you feel like you know Sei and the people of the court, and elegant, because that court is so very refined. Sei is not as interested in disclosing her faults as, say, Rousseau, and yet, because of the quality of her writing I feel like I know at least as much about her.