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The Tale of Genji (Seidensticker)

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The Tale of Genji (Seidensticker)
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Author Murasaki Shikibu
Translation Edward G. Seidensticker
Price JPY 6,050
ISBN 978-4-8053-0921-6
Format 130×203mm 1120pages
Availability Out-of-print
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Description

The Tale of Genji, written by the court lady Murasaki Shikibu, has long been considered Japan's greatest work of literature and one of the worla's greatest novels. This masterly translation by Seidensticker ciontains innumerable interesting and delightful revelations about Lady Shikibu's story of the life and loves of tha nainhero, an idealized prince known as !the shining Genji! and other characters and court life of Heian Japan.

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