A Tale of False Fortunes

by Fumiko Enchi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824821874
• ISBN13: 9780824821876
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great historical fiction of Heian period

Should be read along with The Tale of Flowering Fortunes, if you were lucky enough to get your hand on it. This book offers an alternative point of view from Teishi's side, the first wife of Emperor Ichijo in Heian period. While The Tale of Flowering Fortunes explore the life of Fujiwara Michinaga, this book sides with his rival; people to whom misfortune occured because of his cunning acts. Great accuracy as well as good choices of wordings.