7/8/2023 0 Comments The tale of genji royall tylerI read Seidensticker's translation, and perhaps skipped a few parts here and there because listen, it is lengthy. There's almost a poem a page in this book, so get used to it, unless you're reading one of the bullshit translations that duck the poetry altogether. This was the Heian Period, an effete and decadent time where folks spent most of their time writing poetry to women hidden behind screens and then weeping about the beauty of a sunrise.Īs I bend into my couch to binge Nashville The world of Japan couldn't have been more different. In Europe, someone was writing Beowulf about hacking the arms off monsters. Crucially, the lady writes it down and here we are with history's first novel, the origin story of Japan, their Homer and their Star Wars, the winding and weird Tale of Genji. Over years, the lady spins a long, elaborate story containing the princess's favorite theme: hot dudes nailing chicks. One of her ladies-in-waiting is good at making them up.
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