Pillow Book
Contributors: Arthur Waley (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: March 6, 1980
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780048950253
Subjects: Modern fiction; Religion: general; Japanese
First sentence: WHEN the first volume of The Tale of Genji appeared in English, the prevailing comment of critics was that the book revealed a subtle and highly developed civilization, the very existence of which had hitherto remained unsuspected.