The Tale Of Genji, Hardback/Murasaki Shikibu

This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible. Publisher: Everyman Author(s): Murasaki Shikibu Number of pages: 1184 Publication date: 1992 Dimensions: 209 x 141 x 55 Cover type: Hardback