Kopfkissenbuch

A poetic journey to the Japanese imperial court of the year 1000. Newly translated - for the first time completely in German! A bundle of fine paper served Sei Shonagon as a notebook a thousand years ago. She entrusted it with her thoughts, including confidential and delicate matters from the private chambers of the imperial palace. Whether she describes witty dialogues, an intimate tête-à-tête, or paints the Festival of the Iris, her impressions appear like timeless images brushed with ink. Never has a woman been heard chatting so inspiredly about herself and her world! Sei Shonagon's "Telegrams" from a legendary high culture provide deep insights into Heian-era Japan as well as into the inner life of the author herself. Her radically subjective confessional book, newly translated into German and freed from all false sweetness, enchants.