The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

Editorial Reviews
Review
"Not only the world's first real novel, but one of its greatest."

-- Donald Keene, Columbia University"A. triumph of authenticity and readability."

-- Washington Post Book World

"[Seidensticker's] translation has the ring of authority."

-- The New York Times Book Review

Review
"Not only the world's first real novel, but one of its greatest."

-- Donald Keene, Columbia University"A. triumph of authenticity and readability."

-- Washington Post Book World

"[Seidensticker's] translation has the ring of authority."

-- The New York Times Book Review

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji,Murasaki Shikibu,Edward G. Seidensticker,Knopf,0394735307,Fiction,Japan,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Parables,Romances,Social life and customs,To 1600,Fiction / Literary,Myth & legend told as fiction

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