The Tale of Genji
Shikibu, Murasaki / Tyler, Royall The world's first novel, in a translation that is "likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come" (The Wall Street Journal)The inspiration behind The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated" -- Now through June 16 at The Met Fifth Avenue A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medie...