THE TALE OF GENJI WAS WRITTEN IN JAPANESE AND IT WAS TRANSLATED BY
ROYALL TYLER IN THIS BOOK
A GREAT BOOK TO HAVE IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK JAPANESE AND READ
ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL STORIES THAT TYLER IS TELLING YOU ABOUT IN THIS BOOK
THIS BOOK IS USED BUT IN GOOD CONDITION WRITTEN IN THE 11TH CENTURY IT TELLS
THE STORY OF A GENJI PRINCE SON OF AN EMPEROR. THIS EXQUISITE PORTRAIT OF
COURT LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL JAPAN, AND IT IS WIDELY CELEBRATED AS THE WORLD'S
FIRST NOVEL, AND IS CERTAINLY ONE OF ITS FINEST, GENJI THE SHINNING PRINCE.
HE IS A PASSIONATE CHARACTER WHOSE TEMPESTUOUS NATURE, FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES,
LOVE AFFAIRS AND ALLIANCES ALL SHIFTING POITICAL FORTUNES FORM THE CORE OF THIS MAGNIFICENT EPIC.
ROYAL TYLER'S SUPERB TRANSLATION IS DETAILED, POETIC, AND TRUE TO THE JAPANESE
ORIGINAL WHILE ALLOWING THE ENGLISH READER TO APPRECIATE ITS TIMELESS BEAUTY.
HE ALSO INCLUDED DETAILED NOTES, GLOSSARIES, CHARACTER LISTS, AND A CHRONOLOGY
TO HELP THE READER NAVIGATE THE MULTICS-GENERATIONAL NARRATIVE.. TYLER PRESENTS THIS ANCIENT TALE IN THE GRAND STYLE THAT IT DESERVES.
A BOOK YOU WILL WANT AND LOVE AS MUCH AS I HAVE!
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