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The Diary of Lady Murasaki

The Diary of Lady Murasaki

Shikibu, Murasaki
Bowring, Richard

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Literary Fiction

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ISBN10: 014043576X
ISBN13: 9780140435764
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Oct 1 1996
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.37 Width: 4.84 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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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