02-08-2013, 09:50 PM
"The tale of Genji".
So far I'm not sure what I think. It's definitely interesting since it's often cited as the first psychological novel ever, which is even more remarkable since it was written by a woman. Although so far it's been nothing but promiscuous adventures, poems and conversations about women. It's still fascinating because of its age but unless it starts getting a bit more intriguing I'll probably drop it since it's more than 1000 pages long o:
So far I'm not sure what I think. It's definitely interesting since it's often cited as the first psychological novel ever, which is even more remarkable since it was written by a woman. Although so far it's been nothing but promiscuous adventures, poems and conversations about women. It's still fascinating because of its age but unless it starts getting a bit more intriguing I'll probably drop it since it's more than 1000 pages long o: