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In the early eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote what many consider to be the world’s first novel, more than three centuries before Chaucer. The Heian era (794—1185) is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature, and The Tale of Genji is not only the unquestioned prose masterpiece of that period but also the most lively and absorbing account we have of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture that made such a masterpiece possible.
Genji is the favorite son of the emperor but also a man of dangerously passionate impulses. In his highly refined world, where every dalliance is an act of political consequence, his shifting alliances and secret love affairs create great turmoil and very nearly destroy him.
Edward Seidensticker’s translation of Lady Murasaki’s splendid romance has been honored throughout the English-speaking world for its fluency, scholarly depth, and deep literary tact and sensitivity.
一 有一种公认的说法,《源氏物语》是日本的《红楼梦》。 我是要为《红楼梦》叫屈的。大抵就像是北乔峰见到南慕容之后的那种不齿——将《源氏物语》与《红楼梦》相比拟,简直就是拉低《红楼梦》的格调。没错,《源氏物语》比红楼梦早了七百年,《源氏物语》对贵族生活的优雅细...
评分看到很多人认真的讨论源氏物语里喜欢谁,不喜欢谁,但对我来说,这本书实在是距离太遥远了,里头的社交法则也很陌生,所有的人物都笼罩在社会习俗之下,很少见个性鲜明突出的,难怪有人不服气把它和《红楼梦》比,别说是红楼梦了,就是唐传奇中,举出一位崔莺莺,其个性之突出...
评分从来没有读过这样的书,读的时候也没有看任何介绍,只是尝试着看下去,谁知也停不下来。 从文字来看,形容角色俊丽的文字和来回书信的词句虽然可玩可赏,但总归单薄。故事涉及的方方面面也远远不及红楼梦丰满有深意。人物性格极为单一,仿佛无论王公大臣侍女平面看到面目俊俏的...
评分 评分源氏物语是在08年留学时带来的,本想在飞机上无聊看看,结果一直没看,直到最近因一些喜爱的日本艺术品,打算还是了解一下日本的文学。对日本文学艺术了解不深,所以只谈谈个人感受。 虽然此书顶着种种大名,可是我不喜欢,越读越恶心。全书的基调是以男本位,女人充其量就是...