My Name is Sei Shonagon - Couverture rigide

Blensdorf, Jan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1585674435 ISBN 13 : 9781585674435

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Blensdorf Jan

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"[An] exquisitely written observation of contemporary Japan... Jan Blensdorf is from Australia, but her sensitive perceptions of a society in crisis make this modern pillow book well worth its plucking from the publisher's slush pile" (Guardian)

"Cultural observations float through her prose like butterflies, but sting like a bee in the end" (Liza Dalby)

"A poetic tale about the social constraints and collective unconscious of modern Japan... Like the Japanese calligraphy the narrator is taught, Blensdorf's sparse prose creates word-paintings of great subtlety" (Literary Review)

"Set in Tokyo the story glides across the contradictions of contemporary Japanese culture - its deep traditions and manic consumerism..." (The Times)

"A subtle meditation on beauty and womanhood" (Observer)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Who is Sei Shonagon? The tenth-century author of The Pillow Book? A woman of mixed-race parentage, surviving life in modern Japan? Or a voice from behind a screen, reaching across centuries, linking them both?

Just off a fashionable street in the upbeat heart of contemporary Tokyo, lies a fragment of another age - an old incense shop. Above it, in a room furnished with nothing but a simple paper screen, guests come to speak with the woman known as 'Sei Shonagon', hoping to find answers to the mysteries of their own bizarre lives.

'Sei Shonagon' seeks out beauty where she can find it - whether in her memories, or in traditional Japanese culture. As she grows older, the need to understand what she sees around her becomes a personal odyssey that affects the lives of everyone she encounters.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585674435
• ISBN 13: 9781585674435
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248