TY  - GEN
T1  - A tale of false fortunes
A1  - Enchi, Fumiko, 1905-1986
A2  - Thomas, Roger K.
LA  - English
LA  - Japanese
PP  - Honolulu, Hawaii
PB  - University of Hawai'i Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm53976457
AB  - A Tale of False Fortunes is a masterful translation of Enchi Fumiko's (1905-1986) modern classic, Namamiko monogatari. Written in 1965, this prize-winning work of historical fiction presents an alternative account of an imperial love affair narrated in the eleventh-century romance A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari). Both stories are set in the Heian court of the emperor Ichijo (980-1011) and tell of the ill-fated love between the emperor and his first consort, Teishi, and of the political rivalries that threaten to divide them. While the earlier work can be viewed largely as a panegyric to the all-powerful regent Fujiwara no Michinaga, Enchi's account emphasizes Teishi's nobility and devotion to the emperor and celebrates her "moral victory" over the regent, who conspired to divert the emperor's attentions toward his own daughter, Shoshi. The narrative of A Tale of False Fortunes is built around a fictitious historical document, which is so well crafted that it was at first believed to be an actual document of the Heian period. Throughout Enchi's innovation and skill are evident as she alternates between modern and classical Japanese, interjecting her own commentary and extracts from A Tale of Flowering Fortunes, to impress upon the reader the authenticity of the tale presented within the novel
OP  - 150
CN  - PL826.N3 N313 2000eb
SN  - 0585488371
SN  - 9780585488370
SN  - 9780824861292
SN  - 0824861299
SN  - 0824821351
SN  - 0824821874
SN  - 9780824821876
SN  - 9780824821357
KW  - Emperors : Japan : Fiction.
KW  - Empresses : Japan : Fiction.
KW  - Courts and courtiers : Fiction.
KW  - Mediums : Fiction.
KW  - Empereurs : Japon : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - Impératrices : Japon : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - Cours et courtisans : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - Médiums : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - FICTION : Historical.
KW  - Courts and courtiers
KW  - Emperors
KW  - Empresses
KW  - Mediums
KW  - Japan
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Historical fiction.
KW  - Vertalingen (vorm)
KW  - Verhalen (teksten)
ER  -