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The tale of Murasaki

"The sensitive and modest daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu staves off loneliness with her acitve imagination, telling stories about the dashing Prince Genji to her close friends. At first, they are their private entertainment, but soon Genji's amorous adventures are leaked to the public and Murasaki is thrust into the life of a kind of eleventh-century Japanese celebrity. She is compelled by a charismatic regent to accept a position at court regaling the empress with her stories. At court, Lady Murasaki becomes caught in a vortex of high politics and sexual intrigue, which begins to reflect itself in her stories."--Jacket.

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  • ""The sensitive and modest daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu staves off loneliness with her acitve imagination, telling stories about the dashing Prince Genji to her close friends. At first, they are their private entertainment, but soon Genji's amorous adventures are leaked to the public and Murasaki is thrust into the life of a kind of eleventh-century Japanese celebrity. She is compelled by a charismatic regent to accept a position at court regaling the empress with her stories. At court, Lady Murasaki becomes caught in a vortex of high politics and sexual intrigue, which begins to reflect itself in her stories."--Jacket."
  • ""The sensitive and modest daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu staves off loneliness with her acitve imagination, telling stories about the dashing Prince Genji to her close friends. At first, they are their private entertainment, but soon Genji's amorous adventures are leaked to the public and Murasaki is thrust into the life of a kind of eleventh-century Japanese celebrity. She is compelled by a charismatic regent to accept a position at court regaling the empress with her stories. At court, Lady Murasaki becomes caught in a vortex of high politics and sexual intrigue, which begins to reflect itself in her stories."--Jacket."@en
  • "The sensitive and modest daughter of mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu conceives the amorous adventures of the dashing Prince Genji and shares them with an intimate circle of friends. When her storytelling comes to the attention of the regent, Murasaki is given a position at the imperial court, where she regales the empress with her tales ..."@en
  • "Navertelling van het leven van Murasaki Shikibu, die duizend jaar geleden 'Het verhaal van prins Genji', de eerste roman ter wereld, schreef."
  • "Set in eleventh-century Japan, Murasaki observes the imperial Japanese court._"@en
  • ""The sensitive and modest daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu staves off loneliness with her acitve imagination, telling stories about the dashing Prince Genji to her close friends. At first, they are their private entertainment, but soon Genji's amorous adventures are leaked to the public and Murasaki is thrust into the life of a kind of eleventh-century Japanese celebrity. She is compelled by a charismatic regent to accept a position at court regaling the empress with her stories. At court, Lady Murasaki becomes caught in a vortex of high politics and sexual intrigue, which begins to reflect itself in her stories." -- Jacket."
  • "Dresse le portrait et retrace la vie de la première romancière de l'histoire, dame Murasaki Shikibu, qui vécut dans une famille noble de l'ère Heian au XIe siècle et qui, à travers ces écrits et les aventures de son héros le prince Genji, évoqua la vie pleine de volupté et d'érotisme de la noblesse du Japon médiéval. Premier roman."

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  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Biographical fiction"@es
  • "History"@es
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Powieść biograficzna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Novela biográfica"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"

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  • "The tale of Murasaki"@en
  • "The tale of Murasaki"
  • "Opowieść Murasaki"
  • "Opowieść Murasaki"@pl
  • "La Historia de Murasaki"
  • "Pripovijest o murasaki : roman"
  • "The tale of Murasaki a novel"
  • "The tale of Murasaki a novel"@en
  • "The tale of murasaki"
  • "Pflaumenblüten im Schnee : Roman"
  • "Le dit de Murasaki"
  • "The tale of Murasaki : a novel"
  • "The tale of Murasaki : a novel"@en
  • "The tale of Murasaki : a novel / S"@en
  • "Het verhaal van Murasaki"
  • "A lenda de Murasaki"
  • "Opowiesc Murasaki"
  • "Opowiesc Murasaki"@en
  • "Prica o Murasaki"
  • "La historia de Murasaki"@es
  • "El cuento de Murasaki"@es

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