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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon

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996 A.D., with later revisions. The translation of the diaries of a court lady in tenth-century Japan, it is a collection of anecdotes, memories of court and religious ceremonies, character sketches, lists of things the author enjoyed or loathed, places that interested her, diary entries, descriptions of nature, pilgrimages, conversations, poetry exchanges--indeed, almost everything that made up daily life for the upper classes in Japan during the Heian period.
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ISBN:
9781417900695
Translator:
Waley, Arthur
Publisher:
Kessinger Publishing
Translator:
Waley, Arthur
Author:
Shonagon, SEI
Subject:
Ancient - General
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Historical - General
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Personal Memoirs
Publication Date:
January 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
900x600x37 54
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