THE TALE OF GENJI
(2018)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Author's Republic, 2018
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 56 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781982723668 MWT13696516, 1982723661 13696516
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Elaine J. Sepani
Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor's son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters' motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and is widely considered the world's first novel. In 1882, Suematsu Kencho translated a condensed version of the text into English, allowing this classic tale to reach a wider audience
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