The Tale of the Heike

From the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of Japan's great martial epic...
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Author: Royall Tyler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Tale of the Heike by Tyler, Royall

The Tale of the Heike

Dhs. 168.85

The Tale of the Heike

Dhs. 168.85
Author: Royall Tyler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
From the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of Japan's great martial epic

The fourteenth-century Tale of the Heike is Japan's Iliad--a moving depiction of the late twelfth-century wars between the Heike and Genji clans. No work has had a greater impact on later Japanese literature, theater, music, film, and manga--indeed on the Japanese people's sense of their own past. It has also been a major source for medieval-Japan-based fantasy in English. With woodcuts by nineteenth-century artist Teisai Hokuba, a major student of the great Hokusai, Royall Tyler's stunning presentation of this touchstone of Japanese culture recreates the oral epic as it was actually performed and conveys the rich and vigorous language of the original.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Royall Tyler
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/25/2014
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780143107262
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 05/11/2014 pg. 36

About the Author
Royall Tyler, an American, is retired from the Australian National University where he taught Japanese language and literature for many years. He has a B.A. from Harvard University and a PhD. from Columbia University and has taught at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Wisconsin.

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