| ID | 010508 |
| Call Number | 895.635/DAL |
| Title Proper | Tale of Murasaki |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dalby, Liza |
| Publication | New York, Anchor Books, 2000. |
| Description | xvii, 396p Cream and Blue Spine |
| Note | The author is the only Westerner to have become a geisha and has created a remarkable novel about the daughter of a court poet who conceives and relates the amorous adventures of the royal prince Genji.
When her storytelling comes to the attention of the regent, she is summoned to the palace to regale the empress with her tales.
Astonishing revelations about the life of ancient Japan come to light in this novel. |
| Standard Number | 0385721153 |
| Price. Qualification | £7.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 895.635 |
| Key Words | IBDP ; World literature ; Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? - Fiction ; Geishas ; Japan, ancient - social life and customs |