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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 952.01092
EAN: 9780140448061
Edition: Tra
ISBN: 0140448063
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: November 30, 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics

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Rating: - Intriguing story spoiled by translation
The fault with this edition of the Pillow Book is the translators attempt to make the story more contemporary by using a style that would probably be quite alien to the author, thus an eternal classic is spoilt by a bit of unnecesary tampering. The previous penguin edition is preferable.

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Rating: - Book of thoughts
Relatively little is known about Sei Shonagon's life. We know she was a court lady in tenth-century Japan, at the pinnacle of the Heian period.

And she left behind a glimpse into her culture's period in "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon." It's a sort of mishmash memoir -- gossip, reflections, lists, and personal recollections are all mingled together, with a light, poetic delicacy that still is striking today.

The story behind the Pillow Book is that when Shonagon (possible ... Read More

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