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An abridged edition of the world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Street Journal)
A Penguin Classic
Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world’s first novel—and is certainly one of its finest. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic.
Royall Tyler’s superior translation is detailed, poetic, and superbly true to the Japanese original while allowing the modern reader to appreciate it as a contemporary treasure. In this deftly abridged edition, Tyler focuses on the early chapters, which vividly evoke Genji as a young man and leave him at his first moment of triumph. This edition also includes detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies.
About the Author
born perhaps 978died perhaps 1031Japanese:紫式部The Tale of Genjiamong the first examples of the novel as a literary form of Japanese writer BaronessMurasaki Shikibugreatly influenced later fiction.People in English sometimes knew Murasaki Shikibu, a lady, a poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the period of Heian. People best knew this earliest and most famous author between 1000 and 1008 in human history. Some scholars postulated Fujiwara Takako as her unknown, real, actual, given name. Her diary states that after a character, court nicknamed her "Murasaki," purple wisteria blossom.""Shikibu" refers to position of her father in the bureau of ceremony.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasak...
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