tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155069596450207630.post2228561373993311749..comments2023-09-12T06:19:46.109-07:00Comments on J. A. Beard's Unnecessary Musings: The Age of Tranquility and Peace #2: The Mistresses of LiteratureJ.A. Beardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866515198865656164noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155069596450207630.post-42659950594822199672011-10-09T13:19:40.070-07:002011-10-09T13:19:40.070-07:00Indeed! Such personality. It felt like a direct in...Indeed! Such personality. It felt like a direct insight into a woman dead for 1000 years; a woman who seems like she'd be ever so entertaining to chat with.J.A. Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866515198865656164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155069596450207630.post-71462767556507314202011-10-09T08:29:53.287-07:002011-10-09T08:29:53.287-07:00Across the gulf of a thousand years and through th...Across the gulf of a thousand years and through the veil of translation, the author of the 'Pillow Book' made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe: there's a passage where she declares flatly that ugly (hairy) men should not sleep at midday where anyone could see them. No question but that she knows what she thinks! And then her remarks on 'Hateful things' among which (if I recall aright) she numbers: someone using one's ink stick and brush, and leaving them in disarray. Yes!E. P. Beaumonthttp://epbeaumont.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155069596450207630.post-10588639821394922822011-10-03T11:44:29.051-07:002011-10-03T11:44:29.051-07:00Do you have a particular era preference?
I.J. Par...Do you have a particular era preference?<br /><br />I.J. Parker has written tons of Heian-era mysteries (I have a link to her web site on sidebar).J.A. Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866515198865656164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155069596450207630.post-26148412530153138952011-10-03T11:33:01.428-07:002011-10-03T11:33:01.428-07:00Great post. I'm re-reading an historical myste...Great post. I'm re-reading an historical mystery series set in Japan and would love to find more stories to read.Marie Deeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227521965829153174noreply@blogger.com