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The Diary of Lady Murasaki - Couverture souple

Shikibu, Murasaki

 
9780140435764: The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 014043576X ISBN 13 : 9780140435764
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1996

Synopsis

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 and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy.

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
014043576X
ISBN 13 
9780140435764
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Éditeur
Bowring Richard
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