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Vintage International Ser.: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (1990, Trade Paperback, Abridged edition)

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Tale of Genji, Paperback by Murasaki Shikibu, ISBN 0679729534, ISBN-13 9780679729532, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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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 G. Seidensticker, with an introduction explaining the selection. It is illustrated throughout with woodcuts from a seventeenth-century edition.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679729534
ISBN-13
9780679729532
eBay Product ID (ePID)
679425

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tale of Genji
Author
Murasaki Shikibu
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Cultural Heritage, Literary
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Fiction

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Abridged Edition
Reviews
"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
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
89-040606
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Series
Vintage International Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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by smalice77Mar 07, 2013
a beautifully written and translated boring book
Written in the 11th century, this portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is considered as the world’s first novel. This is the story of Prince Genji son of an emperor by one of his secondary spouses. It is well written and translated. I am interested in Medieval Japan Culture and this is the reason I wanted to read this book. I was disappointed as it really tells us about the life of the aristocracy, without much reference to the life of common people, merchants, artisans and warriors. In the same way that you cannot understand French Culture by visiting Versailles where king Louis XIV was lavishly living, I do not think you can understand Japanese Culture through this book.
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