The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
ISBN: 0394729218
ISBN-13: 9780394729213
Format: Paperback
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Summary
THE TALE OF GENJI, the world's first novel, was written around A.D. 1000 and has often been called Japan's greatest literary achievement. The author of this story of a Japanese prince and his many lovers was Shikibu Murasaki, the brilliant young governess to the Empress. The novel was read aloud at court and became wildly popular; its appeal has not abated in Japan, where it is still a good seller. Reminiscent of Jane Austen in its chronicling of the romantic trials of the young, it is also strongly feminist, and does not hesitate to protest the status of women at the time.
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"'The Tale of Genji' ceases to be a work of worldly and poetic comedy and, in its last part, becomes a fast-moving drama of intrigue and passion and dementia....It is as if we had moved from, say, Jane Austen to an Oriental version of 'Wuthering Heights.'" -- V. S. Pritchett
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1985
Edition: 1th edition
Pages: 238
Publisher's Notes
The classical novel of court life in tenth and eleventh-century Japan centers on the life and loves of a nobleman known as the shining Genji, son of an emperor, and those of Kaoru, grandson of Genji's best friend.
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