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Richard Bowring.
Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji.

Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 1988.
Series: Landmarks of World Literature.
ISBN 0521336368;
ISBN-13: 9780521336369.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: University Press, Cambridge.
Size: 125x196x9mm.
Page count: xi,111pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some scuffs on the covers, a bit of wear at the edges and corners, spine rather creased and skewed from reading; pages yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 2nd edn, £14.99]
Weight without packaging: 148g.

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Please note: this book is a literary study and does not include an edition of the Tale of Genji.

Contents: Cultural background; Tale of Genji [summaries]; Language & style; Impact, influence & reception.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 1 monochrome diagram
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: no


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