by Murasaki Shikibu · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467227451
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«Esplendor» is the first volume of «La novela de Genji», a novel by Murasaki Shikibu published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (820 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the court of imperial Japan, the narrative follows Genji, the emperor's son set aside from power, through half a century of courtly life: loves, intrigues, ambition, and customs form a fresco of the society of his time. The work is considered one of the first novels in history.
It belongs to the series «La novela de Genji», of which it is volume I; this 2007 edition incorporates the revised version with introduction and notes by Xavier Roca-Ferrer and a prologue by Harold Bloom.
For readers of classics, Japanese literature, and historical fiction with a courtly setting.
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.
