ISBN: 0783801467

According to Arthur Golden's absorbing first novel, the word "geisha" does not mean "prostitute," as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means "artisan" or "artist." To capture the geisha ex… Plus…

According to Arthur Golden's absorbing first novel, the word "geisha" does not mean "prostitute," as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means "artisan" or "artist." To capture the geisha experience in the art of fiction, Golden trained as long and hard as any geisha who must master the arts of music, dance, clever conversation, crafty battle with rival beauties, and cunning seduction of wealthy patrons. After earning degrees in Japanese art and history from Harvard and Columbia--and an M.A. in English--he met a man in Tokyo who was the illegitimate offspring of a renowned businessman and a geisha. This meeting inspired Golden to spend 10 years researching every detail of geisha culture, chiefly relying on the geisha Mineko Iwasaki, who spent years charming the very rich and famous. The result is a novel with the broad social canvas (and love of coincidence) of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen's intense attention to the nuances of erotic maneuvering. Readers experience the entire life of a geisha, from her origins as an orphaned fishing-village girl in 1929 to her triumphant auction of her mizuage (virginity) for a record price as a teenager to her reminiscent old age as the distinguished mistress of the powerful patron of her dreams. We discover that a geisha is more analogous to a Western "trophy wife" than to a prostitute--and, as in Austen, flat-out prostitution and early death is a woman's alternative to the repressive, arcane system of courtship. In simple, elegan contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, G K Hall & Co<

ISBN: 0783801467

In Memoirs of a Geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile powerful men; and … Plus…

In Memoirs of a Geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. Nitta Sayuri's transformation began at the tender age of nine when she was sold into slavery at a renowned geisha house and ended with the closure of the houses following the eruption of World War II. This is her story told in rich detail and in a haunting, lyrical voice. biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Biographies, Thorndike Press<

ISBN: 0783801467

In Memoirs of a Geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile powerful men; and … Plus…

In Memoirs of a Geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. Nitta Sayuri's transformation began at the tender age of nine when she was sold into slavery at a renowned geisha house and ended with the closure of the houses following the eruption of World War II. This is her story told in rich detail and in a haunting, lyrical voice. contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, Thorndike Press<

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