| Título : |
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA |
| Tipo de documento: |
texto impreso |
| Autores: |
GOLDEN, ARTHUR, Autor |
| Editorial: |
LONDON : VINTAGE BOOKS |
| Fecha de publicación: |
1997 |
| Número de páginas: |
434p |
| ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
978-0-09-977151-7 |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
FICTION HISTORICAL |
| Resumen: |
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
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 the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable. |
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