The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Penguin, 31. jaan 2006 - 1216 pages The world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Street Journal) A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world’s first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He 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 superior translation is detailed, poetic, and superbly true to the Japanese original while allowing the modern reader to appreciate it as a contemporary treasure. Supplemented with detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies to help the reader navigate the multigenerational narrative, this comprehensive edition presents this ancient tale in the grand style that it deserves. |
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... gave it to her instead, for when he wanted to have her nearby. 6The one evicted nursed a particularly implacable grudge. In the child's third year his father gave him a donning of the trousers just as impressive as his firstborn's ...
... gave it to her instead, for when he wanted to have her nearby. 6The one evicted nursed a particularly implacable grudge. In the child's third year his father gave him a donning of the trousers just as impressive as his firstborn's ...
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... gave pointed expression to his feelings: “Into that first knot to bind up his boyish hair did you tie the wish that enduring happiness be theirs through ages to come?” 58 “In that very mood I tied his hair with great prayers bound ...
... gave pointed expression to his feelings: “Into that first knot to bind up his boyish hair did you tie the wish that enduring happiness be theirs through ages to come?” 58 “In that very mood I tied his hair with great prayers bound ...
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... gave him a new grace. Cocks were crowing insistently. He said in despair, “Dawn may well have come, but when I could still complain of your cruelty, must the cock crow me awake before I have all I wish?” 68 Mortified by the gulf between ...
... gave him a new grace. Cocks were crowing insistently. He said in despair, “Dawn may well have come, but when I could still complain of your cruelty, must the cock crow me awake before I have all I wish?” 68 Mortified by the gulf between ...
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... gave no sign of deep or upsetting alarm. Her inexperience encouraged playful compliance, and she kept her head. Genji preferred not to say who he was, but he knew that once she began to wonder what he had been doing there, her ...
... gave no sign of deep or upsetting alarm. Her inexperience encouraged playful compliance, and she kept her head. Genji preferred not to say who he was, but he knew that once she began to wonder what he had been doing there, her ...
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... gave me that poem of hers as though she knew her way about! She cannot be anyone in particular, though. Still, he rather liked the way she had accosted him, and he had no wish to miss this chance, since in such matters it was clearly ...
... gave me that poem of hers as though she knew her way about! She cannot be anyone in particular, though. Still, he rather liked the way she had accosted him, and he had no wish to miss this chance, since in such matters it was clearly ...
Contents
The Green Branch Sakaki | |
Falling Flowers Hanachirusato | |
Butterflies Kochō 25 The Fireflies Hotaru | |
The Pink Tokonatsu | |
The Cressets Kagaribi | |
The Typhoon Nowaki | |
The Imperial Progress Miyuki | |
Thoroughwort Flowers Fujibakama | |
The Handsome Pillar Makibashira | |
The Plum Tree Branch Umegae | |
Suma Suma | |
Akashi Akashi | |
The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi Miotsukushi | |
A Waste of Weeds Yomogiu | |
At the Pass Sekiya | |
The Picture Contest Eawase | |
Wind in the Pines Matsukaze | |
Wisps of Cloud Usugumo | |
The Bluebell Asagao | |
The Maidens Otome | |
The Tendril Wreath Tamakazura | |
The Warblers First Song Hatsune | |
New Wisteria Leaves Fuji no Uraba | |
Spring Shoots I Wakana | |
Spring Shoots II Wakana | |
The Oak Tree Kashiwagi | |
The Flute Yokobue 38 The Bell Cricket Suzumushi 39 Evening Mist Yūgiri | |
The Law Minori | |
The Seer Maboroshi | |
Vanished into the Clouds Kumogakure | |
The Perfumed Prince Niou Miya 43 Red Plum Blossoms Kōbai | |
Bamboo River Takekawa | |
The Maiden of the Bridge Hashihime | |
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