top of page
A String of Flowers, Untied…

A String of Flowers, Untied…

Love Poems from The Tale of Genji

THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT


Expressions of passion and heartbreak, written by Murasaki Shikibu 1,000 years ago, transcend time and culture in this new translation of the poetry in the first 33 chapters of The Tale of Genji. It is the relationship between the novel's characters and the poetry that creates the beauty and sustained erotic tone of Lady Murasaki's story. 


For the first time, these 400+ poems are presented in the increasingly popular format of tanka (5-7-5-7-7), along with extended notes that reveal the hidden details and depth of meaning in Murasaki's real and fictional worlds.

Preview

Publish Date

9/2/11

Price (Print/Ebook)

$18.95

Details

# of Pages

224

PISBN

NA

Dimensions

6 x 8"

EISBN

9781611725094

Praise

Books sold at

INDIEpubs

E-Books sold at

Kindle

About the Author(s)

Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

Wrote The Diary of Lady Murasaki, a volume of poetry, and The Tale of Genji. Within a decade of its completion, Genji was distributed throughout the provinces; within a century it was recognized as a classic of Japanese literature and had become a subject of scholarly criticism.


bottom of page