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A journal-like text describing Seidensticker's experiences tranlating The Tale of Genji.
Published 1983 by Kodansha America (first published February 1977)
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Hikaru Genji
Oct 08, 2013Patrick McCoy
rated it really liked it Shelves: biography-autobiography, japanese-literature, non-fiction
Earlier this year I read Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989 by Edward Seidensnicker and enjoyed it immensely. Thus recently, I decided to read translator Seidensticker's memoirs, Genji Days (1977) of translating Murasaki Shibiku's timeless masterpiece, Tale of Genji, along with Sedensticker's translation as one of my summer projects. Of course this memoir is more than just an account of Seidensticker's struggles with translating the famous novel. In the past I have read translations of his by suc...more
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Edward George Seidensticker was a noted post-World War II scholar, historian, and preeminent translator of classical and contemporary Japanese literature.
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“Did not we vow that we would neither of us be either before or after the other even in travelling the last journey of life? And can you find it in your heart to leave me now?”
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“A woman who has nothing to recommend her is as rare as one who is perfect in every way.”
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“Con respecto a quienes alcanzan una posición elevada sin tener derecho a ella por nacimiento, lo cierto es que, a pesar de su ranga, lo sociedad no experimenta del todo los mismos sentimientos hacia ellos, mientras que en el caso de quienes en el pasado tuvieron una posición encumbrada, pero en el presente carecen de medios y pasan por una mala época, decaen hasta que no les queda nada más que su orgullo y padecen un infortunio sin fin. Creo que estos dos grupos pertenecen al grado medio.”
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