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Book Of Loss

by Julith Jedamus
Book Of Loss

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ISBN13: 9780312349080
ISBN10: 0312349084
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Set in the perfectly realized world of imperial tenth-century Japan, The Book of Loss is a gripping novel of sexual jealousy at court.

A renowned storyteller and lady-in-waiting to the empress, the narrator is locked in a bitter rivalry with another woman for the love of a banished nobleman.  Forced to observe the complex rules and social hierarchies of court life, she finds herself caught in a trap of her own making.  Her machinations reach such a pitch that they threaten to undermine the rule of the emperor himself.  She records her plight and her acidulous observations of courtly life in her diary.  Her voice is unforgettable--both foreign and utterly modern.  Her sense of loss is unbearable, her love is all-consuming, and it will push her to the extremes of rivalry.

Offering the intimate seductions and betrayals of Dangerous Liaisons and Memoirs of a Geisha, The Book of Loss takes the reader into the farthest reaches of desire, where passion rules and jealousy leads to unthinkable acts.

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"Jedamus's prose, like a prolonged Haiku, captures the Japanese obsession with subtle natural detail...A finely wrought depiction of turbulence."

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"Jedamus...skillfully evokes the elegant aesthetic and elaborate pageantry of the Heian period, particularly in the book's fascinating glossary."

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Julith Jedamus was born in Boulder, Colorado, and has a background in art history.  For the past ten years, she has lived with her family in London.  This is her first novel.

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