The Book of Loss Condition:Well Read While Christian wrestles with his

While Christian wrestles with his inner demons

In order to find her own identity

From the eighteenth century

Early in the twenty-first century

The Book of Loss Condition:Well Read While Christian wrestles with hisSet 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