The Tale of Genji - (Everyman's Library Classics) Abridged (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> </p><p>In the early eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote what many consider to be the world's first novel, more than three centuries before Chaucer. The Heian era (794--1185) is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature, and <i>The Tale of Genji </i>is not only the unquestioned prose masterpiece of that period but also the most lively and absorbing account we have of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture that made such a masterpiece possible.</p><p> </p><p>Genji is the favorite son of the emperor but also a man of dangerously passionate impulses. In his highly refined world, where every dalliance is an act of political consequence, his shifting alliances and secret love affairs create great turmoil and very nearly destroy him.</p><p> </p><p>Edward Seidensticker's translation of Lady Murasaki's splendid romance has been honored throughout the English-speaking world for its fluency, scholarly depth, and deep literary tact and sensitivity.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[<i>The Tale of Genji</i> is] not only the world's first real novel, <br>but one of its greatest." -Donald Keene, Columbia University <p/>"Edward Seidensticker's translation has the ring of authority." -<i>New York Times Book Review </i> <p/>"A triumph of authenticity and readability." -<i>Washington Post Book World </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, is best known as the author of <b>The Tale of Genji</b><i>-</i>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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