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 | The Tale of Genji (Vintage International) by Shikibu Murasaki, Edward G. (Translator) Seidensticker, Murasaki Shikubu Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1990 ISBN-10: 0-679-72953-4 / 0679729534 ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72953-2 / 9780679729532 In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact. It is, rather, a lively and astonishingly nuanced portrait of a refined society where every dalliance is an act of political consequence, a play of | |