The Pillow Boy of the Lady Onogoro
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0151001863 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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P.L., Md.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Cleverly and humorously written, this novel portrays court life in Kyoto from a woman's point of view. Complications arise and Lady Onogoro gains some insight on her own situation. Lady Onogoro is a poet and mistress of an imaginary general Motosuke in 11th-century Japan. Recommended for public and academic libraries.?Ann Irvine, Montgomery Cty. From Library Journal In this novel, apparently based on the classic Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, and edited by a Scottish poet and novelist. To assist her performance in bed, Lady Onogoro, who has been having trouble achieving orgasm, hides the blind stable boy, Oyu, behind a screen at the head of her bed. He arouses her by whispering erotic stories in her ear while the general has sex with her. The erotic stories
ALISON S. She is currently writing a book on First World War French nurse memoirs.. She is author of Liberty, Equality, Maternity (2003) and has published widely on Twentieth-century women's writing and culture. FELL is Lecturer in French at Lancaster University, UK
This “exquisite, exuberant, X-rated” novel (Mirabella), set in feudal Japan, tells the story of a concubine who hires a stable boy to whisper erotic stories from behind a screen while she entertains her master, a samurai general.
A Customer said Modern, Ancient, Universal. A modern woman's trials through self-doubt toward self-acceptance, clothed in the robes of Heian Japan. The author knows her Japanese mythology. Subtle allusions to ancient tales enhance the narrative. While some of the erotic tales are full of frustrat. A Customer said A Feminist that LOVED this book. The beauty of this novel is not simply that it arouses thereader with its erotic stories told from behind the screen by the LadyOnoguro's Pillow Boy, but that in each erotic narrative, the Pillow Boy crafts a story for the Lady which illustrates, and ul. i liked it and don't consider it to be "misognyistic" A Customer I just finished the book, and enjoyed it but for the ending. I read Murasaki's, Tale of Genji, many years ago. Considered to be the first novel ever written; it chronicles the many lovers of the court prince. This book, on the other hand, chronicles the