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Product Details
Author:
Lady Nijo, Meredith McKinney
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group (March 24, 2026)
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780241562468
ISBN-10:
0241562465
Weight:
7.6oz
Dimensions:
5.07" x 7.76" x 0.65"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_delta_active_D20260617T075320_156615873-20260617.xml
Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$20.00
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
64
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$15.40
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
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Yes
Overview
A new translation of Lady Nijo’s diary—one of classical Japan’s greatest literary works
A Penguin Classic
Lady Nijo’s A Tale Unasked (Towazugatari) is the last, and arguably the finest, among classical Japanese literature’s famous "women’s diaries." Thought to have been completed around 1307, when the author was in her late forties, the first two-thirds of this autobiographical work document in rich and compelling detail the experiences of an imperial concubine whose time at court was ruled and finally ruined by her passionate and complicated love life. The final third of the work equally memorably describes her peripatetic life after the emperor expelled her from the court in her mid-twenties and she became a nun, wandering the roads of Japan as a form of Buddhist austerity. Meredith McKinney's superb translation breathes new life into Lady Nijo's fascinating diaries, which survived her era in a single copy and were rediscovered only in the 1940s.
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing 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.
A Penguin Classic
Lady Nijo’s A Tale Unasked (Towazugatari) is the last, and arguably the finest, among classical Japanese literature’s famous "women’s diaries." Thought to have been completed around 1307, when the author was in her late forties, the first two-thirds of this autobiographical work document in rich and compelling detail the experiences of an imperial concubine whose time at court was ruled and finally ruined by her passionate and complicated love life. The final third of the work equally memorably describes her peripatetic life after the emperor expelled her from the court in her mid-twenties and she became a nun, wandering the roads of Japan as a form of Buddhist austerity. Meredith McKinney's superb translation breathes new life into Lady Nijo's fascinating diaries, which survived her era in a single copy and were rediscovered only in the 1940s.
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing 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.
