AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS by Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Sarashina, Ivan Morris (Trans) ( 9780140442823 )

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AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS
RECOLLECTIONS OF A WOMAN IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY JAPAN

By:

Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Sarashina, Ivan Morris (Trans)

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0140442820

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9780140442823

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

30 January, 1975

Pages:

176

Translated from:

Japanese

Description:

A autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and descriptions of the Japanese countryside. She illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquisite prose, describing a journey that can be read as a metaphor for life itself.

Synopsis:

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams is a unique autobiography in which the anonymous writer known as Lady Sarashina intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and evocative descriptions of the Japanese countryside. Born in AD 1008, Lady Sarashina felt an acute sense of melancholy that led her to withdraw into the more congenial realm of the imagination - this deeply introspective work presents her vision of the world. While barely alluding to certain aspects of her life such as marriage, she illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquisite prose, describing a profound emotional journey that can be read as a metaphor for life itself.

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