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Jul 24, 2007
Jade17
marked it as to-read
i've heard of this book while reading the tale of murasaki...
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Feb 03, 2025
Joanna
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it was amazing
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First, the forward to this edition is awesome. It's basically a more modern scholar trash-talking the translator (Arthur Waley) for being stodgy, male, and British in this 1928 translation. I kind of love peeking into these scholarly dialogues. It's like secret gossip.
Second, it's amazing how relevant this felt. These are reflections written by a young woman more than a thousand years ago in Japan. And yet, many of the snippets could easily fit in a modern women's magazine.
Third, I kind of want ...more
Second, it's amazing how relevant this felt. These are reflections written by a young woman more than a thousand years ago in Japan. And yet, many of the snippets could easily fit in a modern women's magazine.
Third, I kind of want ...more
Nov 16, 2009
Christroybels
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Dec 29, 2010
[ JT ]
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Kay Prime
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Wendy Eley
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Ruth
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Mickey
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Apr 15, 2018
Lisa Wilkinson
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Amy J.
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Lisa
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Duygu
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