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The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu • Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
- LITERATURE
- 1983
- PAPER
- 1090 PAGES
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The unabridged version of one of the most famous works of Japanese prose, masterfully translated by Edward Seidensticker. This is the story of Genji, a romantic man in the Heian court, as written in the 11th-century by Lady Murasaki, and brought into a colloquial modern language by Seidensticker. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts from a 17th-century Japanese edition.
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