by Eiji Yoshikawa · Tuttle Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780804813761
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«The Heike Story» is the historical novel by Eiji Yoshikawa published by Tuttle Publishing in paperback (634 pages, in English).
A tale of love and war: Kyoto, twelfth century; the nobility abuses the people and armed Buddhist monks impose fear. The emperor turns to the Heike and Genji clans, whose rivalry unleashes a century of wars. The novel follows the rise of Kiyomori of the Heike clan, from poverty to chief advisor to the emperor, leaving death and ruin in his wake.
This novel is the first installment of the «Shin Heike Monogatari» series. The Japanese original was published in 1956; the English translation is by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu.
It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and Japanese literature, and to anyone wanting an introduction to the classics of Japanese culture.
Eiji Yoshikawa was a Japanese historical novelist, best known for his revisions of classics and retelling of historical events through the lens of semi-biographical fiction books.
