
The Tale of the Heike -- Eigo de Yomu Heike Monogatari ~ Jyo
This is a new bilingual novel, telling the story of Heike. The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari, ) is an epic account of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180-1185). The Heike is considered one of the great classics of medieval Japanese literature. The book itself is 130 pages thick, written in english AND japanse. It comes with an audio CD, so you can listen to the story in japanse, while reading it in...