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Character-led, contemplative, prestige and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Sei Shōnagon
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 411
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Penguin
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140442366
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