The Tale of Genji (Vintage International) - Softcover
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.
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"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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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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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0679729534
- ISBN 13 9780679729532
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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