The Tale of Genji (2 Volume Set in Art Slipcase) (English and Japanese Edition) - Hardcover

Murasaki Shikibu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394483286 ISBN 13: 9780394483283

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1976

Synopsis

The classical novel of court life in tenthand 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

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. Until now there has been no translation that is both complete and scrupulously faithful to the original text. Edward G. Seidensticker's masterly rendering was first published in two volumes in 1976 and immediately hailed as a classic of the translator's art. It is here presented in one unabridged volume, illustrated throughout by woodcuts taken from a 1650 Japanese edition of The Tale of Genji.

From the Back Cover:

The Tale of Genji is a very long romance, running to fifty-four chapters and describing the court life of Heian Japan, from the tenth century into the eleventh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0394483286
• ISBN 13: 9780394483283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1090