by Murasaki Shikibu · Ediciones Destino · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423340118
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The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, written by Murasaki Shikibu in the 10th century. This edition, published by Ediciones Destino, features a new translation and is enriched with commentary and notes by Xavier Roca-Ferrer, as well as a foreword by Harold Bloom. The novel is a family saga and a chronicle of customs that offers a vision of imperial Japan at its peak.
Murasaki Shikibu , or Shijo , was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She was best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. Murasaki Shikibu is a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Kaoruko (藤原香子), who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.
