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Grand Prix de littérature féminine au JaponEnchi Fumiko, dont l’imaginaire s’imprégna dès l’enfance des textes les plus anciens et les plus précieux de la littérature japonaise, redonne vie, avec une extraordinaire profusion de détails, au monde étincelant du prince Genji dans le Japon du Xe siècle. Nobles dames vêtues d’une profusion de robes superposées en de savantes harmonies de couleurs, échanges de poèmes d’amour, suivantes porteuses de missives secrètes, âmes vengeresses et prières pour exorciser les maléfices… Aucune péripétie ne nous échappe des luttes et des intrigues accompagnant l’ascension de Michinaga qui mènera le clan des Fujiwara au sommet de sa puissance.Considéré comme une des œuvres les plus achevées de son autrice, ce roman a reçu en 1966 le Grand Prix de littérature féminine au Japon.
240 pages, Pocket Book
Published March 3, 2023
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Fumiko Enchi
52 books228 followersSee author 円地文子.
Fumiko Enchi was the pen name of the late Japanese Shōwa period playwright and novelist Fumiko Ueda.
The daughter of a linguist, Fumiko learned a lot about French, English, Japanese and Chinese literature through private tutorage.
Fumiko suffered from poor health as a child and spent most of her time at home. She was introduced to literature by her grandmother, who showed her to the likes of The Tale of Genji, as well as to Edo period gesaku novels and to the kabuki and bunraku theater. By 13 years old her reading list had grown to include works of the lights of Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kyōka Izumi, Nagai Kafū, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. She discovered a special interest in the sadomasochistic aestheticism style of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,
She was inspired to write plays after attended lectures by the founder of modern Japanese drama, Kaoru Osanai.
Fumiko Enchi was the pen name of the late Japanese Shōwa period playwright and novelist Fumiko Ueda.
The daughter of a linguist, Fumiko learned a lot about French, English, Japanese and Chinese literature through private tutorage.
Fumiko suffered from poor health as a child and spent most of her time at home. She was introduced to literature by her grandmother, who showed her to the likes of The Tale of Genji, as well as to Edo period gesaku novels and to the kabuki and bunraku theater. By 13 years old her reading list had grown to include works of the lights of Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kyōka Izumi, Nagai Kafū, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. She discovered a special interest in the sadomasochistic aestheticism style of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,
She was inspired to write plays after attended lectures by the founder of modern Japanese drama, Kaoru Osanai.
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