The Tale of Genji - Rilegato

Murasaki Shikibu

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ISBN 10: 0393047873 ISBN 13: 9780393047875

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2015

Riassunto

Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794–1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji—widely considered the world’s first novel—during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki’s tale came to occupy a central place in Japan’s remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.The Tale of Genji is presented here in a flowing new translation for contemporary readers, who will discover in its depiction of the culture of the imperial court the rich complexity of human experience that simultaneously resonates with and challenges their own. Washburn sets off interior monologues with italics for fluid reading, embeds some annotations for accessibility and clarity, and renders the poetry into triplets to create prosodic analogues of the original.

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Recensione:

"In Dennis Washburn's new translation of The Tale of Genji, lovers of novels will have the literary experience denied them until now: for hours and weeks at a time they will be able to sink into the dark, titillating, sexy, sad, enraging, absorbing world of this, the world's first novel, written by Murasaki Shikibu, the imaginative genius court woman of eleventh-century Japan. Washburn eliminates the gap in centuries between us and that long-lost world, and preserves for us the freshness of vision and voice of that great writer from long ago and her Proustian chronicling of the darkening beauty of a world in decline, a world depleted of male erotic power and female depredation, of the tortures of jealousy and the frailness of art and beauty to console." -- Alan Tansman, University of California at Berkeley "A formidable accomplishment. The language is beautiful, the footnotes are helpful yet unobtrusive: Washburn has performed a great service by making this groundbreaking novel, written in the eleventh century, available to the English-speaking world in a version worthy of the Japanese masterpiece." -- Edith Grossman "Retranslations of a classic are always reason to celebrate. All the more so when it's the Genji, with all its complex characters and unforgettable episodes. One tries to begin logically, from the first page, but can't resist flipping ahead to locate favorite scenes and see how they are imagined anew... A fresh and invaluable Tale of Genji for both those of us reuniting with a familiar friend and those encountering it for the very first time." -- Valerie Henitiuk, editor-in-chief, Translation Studies, and author of Worlding Sei Shonagon: The Pillow Book in Translation "Award-winning translator Dennis Washburn's lucid and accessible rendering will introduce new readers to the entrancing narrative world of this great classic." --David Lurie, Columbia University

"Sometimes described as the world's first novel, Genji is gorgeous, hypnotic, disturbing and endlessly fascinating." --Naomi J Williams, author of Landfalls

L'autore:

Dennis Washburn is the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor in Asian Studies at Dartmouth College. He holds a PhD from Yale University in Japanese language and literature. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393047873
• ISBN 13: 9780393047875
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1320