A review by glowbird
The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

2.0

Though the translation was quite clear and made for easy perusal, this is more a book for cultural study than for light reading. The text is fragmented and there's no story line, so you're picking up interesting snips of court life or passing thoughts but without a more complete understanding of historical context it doesn't add up to much. I could see this being really fascinating if you were studying Japanese history, but as a light piece of summer reading it didn't work.