The Tale of Genji: Introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker by Murasaki Shikibu

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The Tale of Genji: Introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker

Murasaki Shikibu

1224 pages hardcover 1001

81 editions

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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. The Heian era (794—1185) is recognized as one of the very greates...

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