The Tale of the Heike - Royall Tyler a father ruled by hygienic

a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions

is working in an amusement arcade

Though repelled by their squalor and brutality

Growing up in a crowded apartment block in 1930s Rome

Fusing exuberant wit and bitter horror

The Tale of the Heike - Royall Tyler a father ruled by hygienicFirst assembled from scattered oral poems in the early fourteenth century, The Tale of the Heike is Japan's Iliad a grand scale depiction of the wars between the Heike and Genji clans. Legendary for its magnificent and vivid set battle scenes, it is also a work filled with intimate human dramas and emotions, contemplating Buddhist themes of suffering and separation, as well as universal insights into love, loss and loyalty. Original Language: Japanese