The Tale of Genji - (Vintage International) Abridged by Murasaki Shikibu (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This is 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 as those imagined by Proust.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Not only the world's first real novel, but one of its greatest." <p/>-- Donald Keene, Columbia University"A. triumph of authenticity and readability." <p/>-- Washington Post Book World <p/>"[Seidensticker's] translation has the ring of authority." <p/>-- The New York Times Book Review<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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