The Diary of Lady Murasaki
$26.27
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
8 March 1999
Summary
An intimate and revealing insight into the mind and heart of a Japanese lady-in-waiting.
The Diary, recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace—the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor’s consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki’s fellow ladies-in-waiting a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435764 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014043576X |
| Author: | Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 8 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 112g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Murasaki Shikibu
Lady Murasaki lived in Japan at the end of the ninth century. She was the author of The Tale of the Genji, which has been hailed as the first novel. Richard Bowring has also translated The Tale of the Genji and is editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan.
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