✨Sách - The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9780143039495 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 352 Dimensons: 196 x 127 x 15 | 249 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in meval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel - and is certainly one of its finest. Genji, the Shining Prince, son of an emperor, is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Royall Tyler's superb translation is detailed, poetic, and true to the Japanese original while allowing the English reader to appreciate its timeless beauty. In this deftly abridged edition, Tyler focuses on the early chapters, which vividly evoke Genji as a young man and leave him at his first moment of triumph.