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Handsome, romantic, and talented in the art of seduction, Prince Genji skilfully navigates the court and all its intrigues—always in search of love and often finding it. His story is the oldest and most famous tale of romance in the annals of Japanese literature and, as a representation of passion and romance, remains beyond compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this beautifully illustrated edition, Genji's story comes alive as readers experience:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHis birth in the royal court to Kiritsubo, who comes to represent Genji's ideal of female beauty and grace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHis lifelong unhealthy obsession with Fujitsubo, one of the emperor's lovers and mother to Genji's son Reizei.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHis romantic life with Lady Murasaki, Fujitsubo's beautiful niece and Genji's favoured lover. 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He has, so far, spent twenty-five years in captivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this graphic novel, we learn, in his own words, what Öcalan's childhood was like in the partially Kurdish areas of Eastern Turkey and how his political awareness and commitment grew as a student in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Through the personal struggle of Öcalan, we also see the terrible devastation that Kurdish people have suffered and learn about the tumultuous and dramatic history of the relationship between the Kurds and the Turkish state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also dives into the theories developed by Öcalan that continue to influence the ongoing struggle today. 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