The Diary of Lady Murasaki - Shikibu, Murasaki
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A translation of the diary of Japan's most acclaimed prose writer. Part of the "Penguin Classics" fiftieth anniversary promotion.
This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view.

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A translation of the diary of Japan's most acclaimed prose writer. Part of the "Penguin Classics" fiftieth anniversary promotion.
This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view.
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Autorenporträt
Lady Murasaki lived in Japan at the end of the ninth century. She was the author of The Tale of the Genji, which has been hailed as the first novel. Richard Bowring has also translated The Tale of the Genji and is editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan.