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The Tale of the Heike
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Royall Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Translator)

G.G.'s review

May 29, 2013

it was amazing

bookshelves: japanese-literature, 10-great-long-novels

Royall Tyler's new translation is magnificent: full of beauty and a strange and terrible glamour. The last chapter is one of the most moving passages in Japanese literature. But be prepared: The Tale of the Heike is not The Tale of Genji. The endless cruelty and violence is depressing; and the eventual victor, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is a heartless monster.

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