The Tale Of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu, Edward G. Seidensticker, Edward G. Seidensticker

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Japanese

Everyman Hardcovers
15 November 1992

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible.

By: Murasaki Shikibu
Translated by: Edward G. Seidensticker, Edward G. Seidensticker
Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 53mm
Weight: 1.040kg
ISBN: 9781857151084
ISBN 10: 1857151089
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 1184
Publication Date: 15 November 1992
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Tale Of Genji

More complete than Arthur Waley's classic translation, despite fewer words. One chapter (38, The Bell Cricket ) and many shorter passages cut by Waley are back in, while all of Waley's embellishments, explanations, clarifications, and attempts to make Lady Murasaki's novel more familiar, are out. The result is sometimes drier, even awkwardly vague at some transitional points, but in other instances more lucid, beautifully understated, and definitely closer to the spare style of the original period Japanese. And this makes Seidenstricker's version not only superior today but the one future stylists will work from for any improvements. (Kirkus Reviews)