The tale of Murasaki : a novel / Liza Crihfield Dalby

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Chatto & Windus, c2000Description: xvii, 426 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 701169303
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • FIC .D35 2000
Contents:
My gossamer hermitage -- The early journal -- Chifuru -- Night of the Hazy Moon -- Morning glory -- Willows -- Ruri, Blue like lapis lazuli -- The cuckoo -- Worms -- The new year -- A travel journal -- The pillow book -- Bright country -- The snow, the moon -- The east wind melts the ice -- Tales of china -- Exile.
Summary: The daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu retreats into her imagination to chase away the blues but soon finds herself telling stories to the empress about the imaginary Prince Genji, in a novel that brings to life the colorful world of eleventh-century Japan and the life of the woman who wrote the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji.
Item type: Books - Fiction
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Books - Fiction Books - Fiction National University - Manila LRC - Annex Fiction Fiction FIC .D35 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000016153

My gossamer hermitage -- The early journal -- Chifuru -- Night of the Hazy Moon -- Morning glory -- Willows -- Ruri, Blue like lapis lazuli -- The cuckoo -- Worms -- The new year -- A travel journal -- The pillow book -- Bright country -- The snow, the moon -- The east wind melts the ice -- Tales of china -- Exile.

The daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu retreats into her imagination to chase away the blues but soon finds herself telling stories to the empress about the imaginary Prince Genji, in a novel that brings to life the colorful world of eleventh-century Japan and the life of the woman who wrote the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji.

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