The Tale of Murasaki
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099565253 (0099565250)
Publish date: June 1st 2011
Publisher: Vintage Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Poetry,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
A gorgeous novel to read, and a delight. It's free of the usual idiocies that most Western novelists tend to throw into Japanese settings, and a must-read for anyone interested in Heian culture or The Tale of Genji. For the longer review, please go here:http://telynor.epinions.com/content_3821388147...
What really shines in this novel is the author's obvious passion and respect for her subject matter - 11th century Japan and the writer Murasaki Shikibu. This is an extremely detailed and well researched 'fictional biography'. She has used her extensive knowledge of the history and culture of Japa...
The first/only American to qualify as a geisha wrote this in the first person, as a semi-fictionalised autobiography of an 11th century author who was also lady-in-waiting to an empress. She was famous for the tales of a character called Genji, but also wrote poems and a journal. The modern author u...
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