Tale of Genji. Set of 3 volumes

The Tale of Genji ("Genji-Monogatari"), written at the beginning of the XI century, a court lady, known as Murasaki Sikibu, belongs to the most significant works of not only Japanese, but also world literature. Clearing the life path of the protagonist "story", a brilliant Genji, drawing the fate of the women associated with him and outlining the fate of his descendants, the author shares the thoughts with readers affecting the most important aspects of human life. This new, processed and supplemented edition of the Russian translation of the Tale of Genji "consists of two volumes and a separate volume" Appendix ", which includes materials designed to help the reader navigate the difficult world of this work.
in the Hayan era, ”said the famous Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate, Kawabata Yasunari,“ the tradition of the beautiful was laid, which, not only for eight centuries, influenced subsequent literature, but also determined its character. The Tale of Genji is the top of the Japanese prose of all time. There is still nothing like that to her. Now, and abroad, many call the world miracle what is already in the 10th century. Such a wonderful and so modern work has appeared. ”
3rd edition, corrected and supplemented