The tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu ; translated with an introduction by Edward Seidensticker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-

Contributor:

Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007.

Standardized Title:

Genji monogatari. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xix, 1090 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, 1978.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0394735307

OCLC:

11258793