The Tale of the Heike

Royall Tyler, Michael Watson, Michael Watson

$65

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Penguin
27 August 2014

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

One of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tale of Genji, in a groundbreaking new edition

From the acclaimed translator ofThe Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of Japan's great martial epic

The fourteenth-centuryTale of the Heikeis Japan'sIliad-a moving depiction of the late twelfth-century wars between the Heike and Genji clans. No work has had a greater impact on later Japanese literature, theater, music, film, and manga-indeed on the Japanese people's sense of their own past. It has also been a major source for medieval-Japan-based fantasy in English. With woodcuts by nineteenth-century artist Teisai Hokuba, a major student of the great Hokusai, Royall Tyler's stunning presentation of this touchstone of Japanese culture recreates the oral epic as it was actually performed and conveys the rich and vigorous language of the original.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

Translated by: Royall Tyler, Michael Watson, Michael Watson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 829g
ISBN: 9780143107262
ISBN 10: 0143107267
Pages: 734
Publication Date: 27 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Royall Tyler is retired from the Australian National University. He holds degrees from Harvard and Columbia universities, and has taught at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Wisconsin, and elsewhere. He is also the translator of Penguin Classics's edition of The Tale of Genji.

Reviews for The Tale of the Heike

In his elegant new translation, Royall Tyler divides the text into something resembling an opera libretto, with recitatives, arias and dialogue L.A. Times