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The Tale of Murasaki

The Tale of Murasaki

Penned By Liza Dalby
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The Tale of Murasaki

The Tale of Murasaki

Penned By Liza Dalby
4.85 76,743 Ratings
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The sensitive and modest daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu staves off loneliness with her active imagination, telling stories about the dashing Prince Genji to her close friends. At first, they are their private entertainment, but soon Genji's amorous adventures are leaked to the public and Murasaki is thrust into the life of a kind of eleventh-century Japanese celebrity. She is compelled by a charismatic regent to accept a position at court regaling the empress with her stories. At court, Lady Murasaki becomes caught in a vortex of high politics and sexual intrigue, which begins to reflect itself in her stories.

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Length 426 Pages
Released 2000
Identifier (ISBN) 369669
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