The first complete new translation for 25 years of the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature. Lady Murasaki\"s great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and death at the Imperial Court....

This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible....