Reading The Diary of Lady Murasaki | Alexandria
Read The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu. Revealing Japan's first novelist and feminist voice, this exquisite 11th century diary illuminates how isolation breeds genius - Murasaki composed her masterpiece in a cramped temple room, proving creative limits spark innovation. Her radical take? True power isn't in courtly status but mastering one's inner emotional world.