Diary of Lady Murasaki (Penguin Classics)
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Diary of Lady Murasaki (Penguin Classics)
Book Details
- Author
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Women
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780140435764
- ISBN-10
- 014043576X
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ISBN: 014043576X
Author: Shikibu, Murasaki
Condition: New
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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