The Tale of Genji: The Arthur Waley Translation of Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece with a New Foreword by Dennis Washburn Elizabeth Mills BobThe youngest brother

BobThe youngest brother

Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants

clean and wholesome romance set in the Regency era (think: a clean Bridgerton)

with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar

and attractive

The Tale of Genji: The Arthur Waley Translation of Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece with a New Foreword by Dennis Washburn Elizabeth Mills BobThe youngest brotherWhat Waley did create is literary art of extraordinary beauty that brings to life in English the world Murasaki Shikibu imagined. The beauty of his art has not dimmed, but like the original text itself retains the power to move and enlighten. Dennis Washburn, from his foreword Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature. Over the past century, this book has gained