by Murasaki Shikibu · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467227468
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«Catástrofe» is the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, second volume of «La novela de Genji», in hardback from Círculo de Lectores (840 pages, in Spanish).
Japanese classic from the 11th century that follows Prince Genji, son of the emperor, and his descendants over more than half a century. In this second volume, «Catástrofe», the story leads into the family's decline: court intrigues, loves, eroticism and political machinations mark the fate of his lineage.
Second volume (II) of the saga «La novela de Genji», preceded by «Esplendor», with introduction and notes by Xavier Roca-Ferrer.
Murasaki Shikibu , or Shijo , was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She was best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. Murasaki Shikibu is a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Kaoruko (藤原香子), who was mentioned in a 1007 court diary as an imperial lady-in-waiting.
