Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale Of Genji (Everyman's Library Classics) (1992)
ISBN: 9781857151084
Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale Of Genji (Everyman's Library Classics) (1992)
ISBN: 9781857151084
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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.
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ISBN
9781857151084
Author
Murasaki Shikibu
Pages
1184
Binding
Hard cover
Publisher
EVERYMAN
Date of publication
1992
Format
Book
Language
English
The Heian era (794 - 1185) is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature, and The Tale of Genji 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.
