The Tale Of Genji

The book arrived in a pristine condition and the pages are of excellent quality. Even though it is supposed to be the first novel written, the lucid translation of Seidensticker compels one to forget the fact that this was written around the 10th century. Although it's difficult to remember the names, once you get a hold of it, it isn't hard to tell why this book is considered to be a classic.

A beautiful book indeed. Silky page and nice bindin. But amazon should be more careful about delivery of books. There is no bubblewrap and nothig.

No doubt its an excellent novel no point further reviewing that. What I want to say is the binding of the book and paper quality is excellent. Papers are Bible thin and equally good quality. Its hard bound with a flexible spine for ease of reading and has a silk bound book mark. Go ahead and buy this people.

Got it in splendid conditions. A worthy buy.

Received the book in a great condition. There was no damage or anything... Thank you Amazon !

Really aweful writings

Got caught out by the very small print. I thought I was getting the Seidersecker translation in full but got an abridged version translated by someone else....suppose I should have guessed seeing the price. buyer Beware!!

Seidenstecker. Need we say more.

I have read a lot of books which cover this time in history and have read this book many times so when I saw it was available in hardcover I was really pleased. It is both a sad and hopeful story and is beautifully written. One of the things which makes it unique is the fact that it reads as if it had been written only a few years ago.

This is not a book filled with action scenes, but its theme of loss and trying to find something, is both very powerful in its own right and quite well transferred onto the pages. It is also quite easy and sort of 'natural' to come to terms with the main protagonist's motives and cheer him success along the way.

Marvellously told . A good translation