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	Fritz Agency Christian Dittus
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English
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Erotic fiction

THE PILLOW BOY OF THE LADY ONOGORO

Alison Fell

At the sexually promiscuous court of Kyoto in early 11th century Japan, the poet Onogoro has an embarrassing problem with her love life. Oyu, the blind storyteller, holds the key to solving it. Hiding behind a screen in Onogoro's bedroom, Oyu is a potent but invisible guest at the feast of lovemaking. Only Oyu's cruel and sensual tales can unlock the secrets to Onogoro's orgasm. Writing in an era of astrologers and Tiger-gods, the unknown narrator sounds a startlingly modern note, as she seeks to escape a world of concubinage and female suppression. With The Pillow Boy of the Lady Onogoro, Alison Fell confirms that her's is one of the distinctive voices in contemporary British fiction.

Alison Fell was born in Dumfries, Scotland and raised in villages in the Highlands and Borders. Her previous novels are Every Move You Make and The Bad Box. Among several volumes of poetry she has published are Kisses for Mayakovsky which won the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for poetry in 1984. She has edited three Serpent's Tail compilations: The Seven Deadly Sins, The Seven Cardinal Virtues and Serious Hysterics.

JADESCHWERT UND PFLAUMENBLueTE
Deutsch von Martina Dervis und Markus Edler
HC: Rowohlt, 03/1995. TB: Rowohlt, 07/1996. RR 12/2003.

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Book Published 1994-06-01 by Serpent's Tail

Comments

Sinnlich-philosophische Reise in ein sprachliches Zauberland.

In this novel, apparently based on the classic Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, and edited by a Scottish poet and novelist. Lady Onogoro is a poet and mistress of an imaginary general Motosuke in 11th-century Japan. To assist her performance in bed, Lady Onogoro, who has been having trouble achieving orgasm, hides the blind stable boy, Oyu, behind a screen at the head of her bed. He arouses her by whispering erotic stories in her ear while the general has sex with her. Complications arise and Lady Onogoro gains some insight on her own situation. Cleverly and humorously written, this novel portrays court life in Kyoto from a woman's point of view. The erotic stories are fanciful and entertaining. Recommended for public and academic libraries.