As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Informationen zum Autor Lady Sarashina (as she is commonly known), born in 1008, was a lady-in-waiting of Heian-period Japan. Her work stands out for its descriptions of her travels and pilgrimages and is unique in the literature of the period, as well as one of the first in the genre of travel writing. Klappentext Born at the height of the Heian period, the pseudonymous Lady Sarashina reveals much about the Japanese literary tradition in this haunting self-portrait. Born in 1008, Lady Sarashina was a lady-in-waiting of Heian-period Japan. Her work stands out for its descriptions of her travels and pilgrimages and is unique in the literature of the period, as well as one of the first in the genre of travel writing. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis As I Crossed a Bridge of DreamsIllustrations and Maps Sections and Chronology Introduction Translation: As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams Notes Index to Notes

Product details

• Authors: Lady Sarashina, Ivan Morris, Sarashina, Lady Sarashina, Sugawara, Takasue No Sugawara
• Assisted by: Ivan Morris (Introduction), Estate of Ivan Morris (Translation), Ivan Morris (Translation), Morris Ivan (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.01.1975
• EAN: 9780140442823
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044282-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Classics S; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Classics S
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; Japan, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval