A Lady in Kyoto

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksAll moonlight is moving, wherever it may be.Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens i n the Emperor's palace and discover a lost world, in which games of poetry are the highest form of wit, lovers send each other elegant morning-after letters, and appreciation of the natural world - wild geese in autumn, the pure white frost of winter - is one of life's most exquisite pleasures. Show more