As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan
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...
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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.
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Illustrations and MapsSections and ChronologyIntroduction--As I Crossed A Bridge of DreamsNotesIndex to Notes