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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksAll moonlight is moving, wherever it may beJapanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in 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.

A Lady in Kyoto

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 4/17/2025
      ISBN13: 9780241752081, 978-0241752081
      ISBN10: 0241752086

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      Book Synopsis
      90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksAll moonlight is moving, wherever it may beJapanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in 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.

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