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The Pillow Boy of the Lady Onogoro
The Pillow Boy of the Lady Onogoro
Author: Alison Fell
In this novel, apparently based on the classic Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, and edited by a Scottish poet and novelist. Lady Onogoro is a poet and mistress of an imaginary general Motosuke in 11th-century Japan. To assist her performance in bed, Lady Onogoro, who has been having trouble achieving orgasm, hides the blind stable boy, Oyu, behind a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156004688
ISBN-10: 0156004682
Publication Date: 2/1/1997
Pages: 247
Rating:
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3.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Lyrical, sensuous, and seamlessly written, we get a look at the life of young Onogoro and her unusual life as a poet and concubine.

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