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The Tale of Genji (Paperback)

by Murasaki Shikibu (Author)
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  • Paperback: 1118 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc; 1st Vintage Books Ed edition (Aug 1978)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0394735307
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394735306
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 5.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 773,224 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars simply fantastic., 22 Aug 1999
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This excellent book, for me, opened up the rich and fascinating world of Heian Japan. The structure Murasaki Shikibu used in terms of plots and characters is great, leading the reader through many twists and turns in the life and loves of men and women of the court. Seidensticker does a wonderful job of translation, covering many things Waley neglected, and inserting helpful and informative footnotes. Altogether a simply fantastic book.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very intriguing, very fascinating....., 29 Jun 1999
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Unfortunately I read the Italian transalation, which has not been prepared referring to the original Japanese text, but to the English translations. Indeed in Italy we have only a translator's translation at our disposal! However, the novel is extremely fascinating, you really take part to the plot, and you are sorry when you finish reading. The story could have gone on and on. I do not share the view that Genji was a playboy. This opinion is prejudiced by our views as to personal relationship, which are of course very different. We cannot judge past ethics and morals with our ideas.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, complete escapism, 20 Jan 2002
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I first discovered this book after reading Liza Dalby's "The Tale of Murasaki." Murasaki's novel, of life during the Heian period of Japanese culture, opens up to the reader a world in complete contrast to the world we live in today. Her insights are both timeless and poetically described, as events within imperial court life, and the individual characters making up that society, are interwoven into elegant prose.
This novel truly allows the reader to gain further insight into an ancient part of history, and the beauty of the novel is increased by the short poems which occur throughout this translation.
Seidensticker has certainly done an incredible job at translating this work of art, the footnotes he adds to the text are always helpful and interesting.
This is truly a beautiful book. I cannot reccomend it enough, it is now firmly one of my favourites. Read it and escape to another time, and certainly another place, a completely different world...Fascinating.
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