The Tale of Genji

Meh? I need a guide for this, I think. Doesn’t have the natural charm of other old difficult literature - which I usually like! Chaucer for example is old and not very novel-shaped, but I have so much cultural affinity for it. Genji feels pretty foreign!

On the other hand… it’s a thousandyear old ‘novel’ from Japan. Foreign is maybe part of the appeal here? IDK.

Noted on January 24, 2023