The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon with Meredith McKinney (Translator)

400 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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