The tale of Murasaki : a novel / Liza Crihfield Dalby

My gossamer hermitage -- The early journal -- Chifuru -- Night of the Hazy Moon -- Morning glory -- Willows -- Ruri, Blue like lapis lazuli -- The cuckoo -- Worms -- The new year -- A travel journal -- The pillow book -- Bright country -- The snow, the moon -- The east wind melts the ice -- Tales of china -- Exile.

The daughter of a mid-ranking court poet, Murasaki Shikibu retreats into her imagination to chase away the blues but soon finds herself telling stories to the empress about the imaginary Prince Genji, in a novel that brings to life the colorful world of eleventh-century Japan and the life of the woman who wrote the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji.