The Book of Loss Condition:Well Read From the eighteenth century

From the eighteenth century

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The Book of Loss Condition:Well Read From the eighteenth centurySet in the perfectly realized world of imperial tenth century Japan, The Book of Loss is a gripping novel of sexual jealousy at court. A renowned storyteller and lady in waiting to the Empress, the narrator is locked in a bitter rivalry with another woman for the love of a banished nobleman. Forced to observe the complex rules and social hierarchies of court life, she finds herself caught in a trap of her own making. Her machinations reach such a