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Author

Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-

Title Genji monogatari. English

The tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu ; translated by Royall Tyler.

Edition

Deluxe ed.

Publication Info.

New York : Penguin Books, 2003.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Windhoek Open Shelf	895.6314 MUR	AVAILABLE

Description	xxix, 1182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series	Penguin classics
	Penguin classics.
Note	Translation of: Genji monogatari.
	"Unabridged"--Cover.
	"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc. 2001"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 1181-1182).
Summary	Written in the 11th century, Lady Murasaki's account of court life in the city of Heian, Japan, relates the story of Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer an exquisite glimpse of the golden age of Japan.
Note	Translated from the Japanese.
Subject	Heiang嵠(Kyoto, Japan) -- Fiction.
	Princes -- Japan -- Fiction.
	Aristocracy (Social class) -- Japan -- Fiction.
	Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction.
Added Author	Tyler, Royall.
Added Title	Genji
ISBN	014243714X (pbk.)
	9780142437148 (pbk.)

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