Tokyo, Japan Kodansha International Ltd. 1977 First Edition Hardcover Like New in Like New jacket 8vo. pp. 225. "For almost a decade, the author of this diary shuttled between the real world of contemporary America-or Hawaii, or Tokyo-and the sheltered but no less substantial world of a medieval romance, for he was translating 'The Tale of Genji."
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It is interesting to read the diary of someone who is in process of translating a masterpiece such as, _Tale of Genji_. Truly done in a journal style it is fearless in certain ways --the admission of sexual orientation and desire for pornography being but two of the starling things found in the text. What is truly interesting is how the author related to the original text of Genji and the Waley translation. The importance of these things loom large in the diary. For the hard core Japanese literature buff are the conversations with Kawabata and Mishima who the author knew very personally.What would have been quite fascinating would have been to have written material from various translators of Genji and their impressions. Seidenstucker is an interesting read on Japanese literature especially for a man who is one of the big translators. Also, the reaction of a person living through interesting times and observing Japan from post-war to the beginning rise of a world power. Overall, this diary is only interesting for the Japanese literature scholar or those interested in the field. Siedenstucker is a capable diarist but his is not the stuff of epic or lyrical letters. It is a dialogue with a text (Genji), it's author (Murasaki) and those who have translated previously (Waley and Enchi).
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