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The Pillow Book (Penguin Classics) by Sei Shonagon (Translated by Meredith McKinney)
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Overview: The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. Featuring reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, conversation, poetry, and many other subjects, The Pillow Book is an intimate look at the experiences and outlook of the Heian upper class.
SEI SHŌNAGON (966–1017) was a gentlewoman in the court of Empress Teishi, in what is now Kyoto, Japan. The Pillow Book is her ‘journal’ of anecdotes and observations based on her life at court. It was probably completed in the first years of the eleventh century.
MEREDITH MCKINNEY gained a Ph.D. in medieval Japanese literature from the Australian National University in Canberra, where she presently teaches in the Japan Centre. She lived and taught in Japan for twenty years, and now lives near Braidwood, New South Wales. Her other published translations include Ravine and Other Stories by Furui Yoshikichi (1997) and The Tale of Saigyō (1998).
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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Requirements: .ePUB reader, 2.5 MB
Overview: The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. Featuring reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, conversation, poetry, and many other subjects, The Pillow Book is an intimate look at the experiences and outlook of the Heian upper class.
SEI SHŌNAGON (966–1017) was a gentlewoman in the court of Empress Teishi, in what is now Kyoto, Japan. The Pillow Book is her ‘journal’ of anecdotes and observations based on her life at court. It was probably completed in the first years of the eleventh century.
MEREDITH MCKINNEY gained a Ph.D. in medieval Japanese literature from the Australian National University in Canberra, where she presently teaches in the Japan Centre. She lived and taught in Japan for twenty years, and now lives near Braidwood, New South Wales. Her other published translations include Ravine and Other Stories by Furui Yoshikichi (1997) and The Tale of Saigyō (1998).
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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