Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike

These are the kinds of things I enjoy reading and this book has done a good job with translating. I enjoyed this a lot.

the product had more writing in it than the description entailed. a lot underlining in pen-- the underlining isn't even straight and went over some words in many cases.had lots of "used" stickers on it as well (i didn't mind this that much though).i wouldn't have said the condition of the book to be "used-good" but rather, "used- ok"

good general Japanese historical lit. textbook

This was a great read. The book was in great condition too. Read this for history class and thoroughly enjoyed it

Very interesting book! Great insight into Japanese culture.

I enjoyed this translation. Footnotes are good.

A fantastic collection of both works. Absolutely beautiful text. Loved every page.Such a good story, such moving poetry, such a great read.

Recent publications have rendered Helen McCullough's volume almost obsolete.We now have three complete English translations of The Tale of Genji: those by Waley, Seidensticker, and Royall Tyler. (Considering accuracy and readability, I prefer the Seidensticker translation.) For those who want an abridged Genji, both the Seidensticker and Tyler translations are readily available in abridged form, and both are superior to McCullough's abridgement in the volume under review.Burton Watson's new translation of the most important parts of The Tales of the Heike completely eclipses the three complete English translations (by Sadler, Kitagawa/Tsuchida, and McCullough) in readability and in incorporating a valuable bibliography, and renders McCullough's abridgement, in the volume under review, obsolete.In short, my recommendations are Seidensticker's Tale of Genji, either complete or abridged (but by all means read the complete Genji if you can), and Watson's The Tales of the Heike.