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The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

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The abridged edition of the universally acknowledged masterpiece concerning the love of Prince Genji and life in the imperial court of Kyoto in the eleventh century. Translated by Edward Seidensticker.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Jun 16th, 1990
  • Pages: 384
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.22in - 0.81in - 0.79lb
  • EAN: 9780679729532
  • Categories: • Classics• Literary• Cultural Heritage

About the Author

Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji-written in the eleventh century and universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative and possibly the earliest true novel in the history of the world.

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Praise for this book

"Not only the world's first real novel, but one of its greatest."

-- Donald Keene, Columbia University"A. triumph of authenticity and readability."

-- Washington Post Book World

"[Seidensticker's] translation has the ring of authority."

-- The New York Times Book Review

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