The tale of Murasaki
Dalby, Liza Crihfield2001
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Arguably the world's first novelist, Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century. Liza Dalby's novel is based on existing fragments of Murasaki's diary and poems and is a fictional account of Japan's most famous female writer.
Main title:
The tale of Murasaki / Liza Crihfield Dalby.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2001.
Collation:
[xii], 416p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.
ISBN:
9780099284642 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54GOF2001
Language:
English
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BRN:
399308