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.
- ISBN10 0156004682
- ISBN13 9780156004688
- Publish Date 1 February 1997 (first published 15 June 1994)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Edition Harvest ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 247
- Language English