Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon

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Angeles

The Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

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The audio book I listened to was not the original but a bbc radio adaptation. I don‘t know how close to the original material my audiobook is but the voices and characters are superb and the little detective stories are amusing and sometimes insightful. Loved it!

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squirrelbrain

The Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

Not one that I‘ve read but apparently it‘s one of the classics, alongside ‘The Tale of Genji‘, which I know was a Littenish #buddyread recently. It‘s the dairy of a 10th century court lady...

#pillowtalk
#ayupaugust

*Zayn Malik was born in Bradford in 1993*

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BarbaraBB This is one I‘ve been eyeing for years. Seems such a good read! 5y

Cinfhen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

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brilliantglow

The Pillow Book of Sei Sh?nagon | Sei Sh?nagon, Ivan I. Morris

I have been thoroughly enjoying this book. It's quite an interesting look into life at the Palace in Heian Japan (11th century).

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Sarah83

Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

While browsing at Amazon, I found these pillows. They are called book pillows. Any one knowing or even using these?

Look quite cosy.

julesG I could make you one? My friends and I made some a few years ago. I can't believe a company is mass producing them now. 7y

Sarah83 @julesG would you? 😍💖 7y

heikemarie Gute Idee 💡! 7y

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julesG It'll be home/hand made with love! 7y

Moony Das sieht gut aus, wobei ich lieber so eine Rücken-Stütze (großes Lesekissen) fürs Bett oder die Couch hätte. Ich schlafe im "Liegen" zu schnell ein. Auch beim Lesen. 7y

Sarah83 @julesG 💖💖💖😍😍😍 thank you 😍 7y

Sarah83 @Moony Ja, das Problem kenne ich auch. 🙈 7y

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QuoteQueen

The Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

#quotsymarch18 #literature

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RealLifeReading

Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

This is the second half of my reading list for #backtotheclassics2018

LeahBergen I have The Winthrop Woman, The Black Moth, and Shirley all waiting for me, too. 😬 7y

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Tsubame

Pillow Book | Sei Sh?nagon

Today I'm rummaging through Shonagon's Pillow Book, which is a work that makes me want to be able to read and understand Japanese so badly! A translation is never able to truly evoke the original language and what it intends to tell, yet I love the words which McKinney chose in her work. Some of Shonagon's lists leave me totally perplex, others fascinate me and overall I feel as if she did let us enter her into her mind and memory. What a journey!

Desha One of my favorite books! (yes I was an East Asian Studies major lol) So glad you love it too! 🎊🎉🎊📚📚 8y

Tsubame @Desha Cool! Then you're ages ahead of what I have on background knowledge! Did you read it as part of your studies? Did you also read the Genji Monogatari? 8y

Desha Yes I did read it for one of my classes...it was in a class where we were able to have a choice of material for one of our papers. I loved it! It's still in my top ten list of books ever lol! ❤️😜❤️ I was so happy to see that someone else loves it too! 📚❤️📚 Yes I read the Tale of Gengi but it's been a long time lol! 😉 8y

Tsubame Genji is a tough one I think! I never read the whole thing, but parts of each chapter 😆 I understand why Sei Shonagon and Murasaki Shikibu were said to be antagonizing each other ^^ 8y

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