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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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    A Paperback by Sei Shonagon

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 4/17/2025
      ISBN-13 9780241752081
      978-0241752081
      ISBN-10 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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