Mi nombre es Sei Shonagon / My name is Sei Shanagon

Above a small incense shop in modern Tokyo, a young woman who calls herself Sei Shonagon listens to men unburden themselves about their work-dominated lives. As a child, she moved to Japan from the US to live with her strict, tradition-obsessed uncle after the death of her parents. This exquisite novel tells the story of a woman's rebellion against the constraints of Japanese society, a woman who clings to the beauty of traditions and to the value of words as a means of spreading tolerance and kindness.