About the book: 2008 / Leafing through the diaries of a young Japanese woman who lived in the last decade of the 10th century in the capital of imperial Japan, Heian-Kyo (now known as Kyoto), the reader will witness a dramatic narrative about love and hate, friendship and betrayal, happiness and disappointments. Light and airy, like cherry blossoms, a narrative, an intricate interweaving of love relationships, an incredible intensity of passions hidden behind imaginary restraint - in this captivating story as old as the world…