Tale of Genji

Name: Tale of Genji
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ISBN: 9780679729532

ISBN-10: 0679729534

ISBN-13: 9780679729532

Edition: Abridged

Authors: Murasaki Shikibu, Edward G. Seidensticker, Shikibu Murasaki, Edward G. Seidensticker, Edward G. Seidensticker

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In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact. It is, rather, a lively and astonishingly nuanced portrait of a refined society where every dalliance is an act of political consequence, a play of characters whose inner lives are as rich and changeable as those imagined by Proust. Chief of these is "the shining Genji," the son of the emperor and a man whose passionate impulses create great turmoil in his world and very nearly destroy him. This edition, recognized as the finest version in English, contains a dozen chapters from early in the book, carefully chosen by the translator, Edward…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/16/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English