# The Tale of Genji

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- Book: [The Tale of Genji](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu/the-tale-of-genji) ([The Tale of Genji.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu/the-tale-of-genji.md))
- Authors: [Murasaki Shikibu](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7972-953-2
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1990-06-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact. It is, rather, a lively and astonishingly nuanced...