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Original Title: 源氏物語 [Genji Monogatari]
ISBN: 1595820639 (ISBN13: 9781595820631)
Edition Language: English URL http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-425/The-Tale-of-Genji
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The Tale of Genji Hardcover | Pages: 81 pages
Rating: 4.05 | 519 Users | 45 Reviews

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Yoshitaka Amano has been praised around the world for his lush watercolors and evocative work dealing with myth and legend. In The Tale of Genji Mr. Amano brings his considerable talent to retelling one of the most famous of Japanese myths: written by Murasaki Shikibu shortly after 1000 AD and considered by most scholars to be the first novel ever written, The Tale of Genji is the story of the romantic adventures of Genji, the amazingly handsome prince and his many romantic conquests. Told through stunning paintings, Mr. Amano brings this classic story to life for a new generation.

As one of the most respected stories of all time, The Tale of Genji holds a worldwide place of honor among lovers of myth and legend.

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Title:The Tale of Genji
Author:Yoshitaka Amano
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Illustrated Abridged Edition
Pages:Pages: 81 pages
Published:August 8th 2006 by Dark Horse Books (first published 1976)
Categories:Classics. Art. Cultural. Japan. Fiction. Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature

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Stunning artwork. The traditional japanese flow of the paintings that are featured in this book, amazes me to the point that I need all of them framed on my walls.There's no story line included in this book though, only brief character introductions of Genji's illustrated love interests.

Such divine sensuality. You know how it feels to slide into a pool of warm, dark cream? That's how this book made me feel.

Again, I'm reminded of how much I love Amano's art more than the story itself, but "The Tale of Genji" WAS pretty interesting - I liked seeing Genji's relationship with different women. I think this rendition is slightly, I dunno, disjointed? Because there are several small chapters concerning women that Genji has been with, but they don't seem to make a coherent story or plot - maybe that's why there's so much debate about whether this is the world's first novel. I probably wouldn't believe

I read about half of the Tale of Genji as a novel a few years ago before getting distracted and just kind of quitting.But I really love this. The art, of course, is brilliant, but I loved how they pulled the poetry from the novel and wove it into the book.It's really fantastic. Full of love and longing. And the art!

Read it twice and still want to read it again cause it's that confusing and complicated. The poetry is incredible...I needed multiple references when I read it first when I was sixteen...googled like crazy when I read it a couple of years ago, and will surely need to live in a library when I try to read it again. But it's a classic very much worth the effort...

This isn't just a tale of seduction. It is a tale of rape, obsession, lack of self-control, dominance, and immaturity.

The illustrations make it two stars but the subject matter was just off putting.