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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, elegant prose, Golden puts us right in the tearoom with the geisha; we are there as she gracefully fights for her life in a social situation where careers are made or destroyed by a witticism, a too-revealing (or not revealing enough) glimpse of flesh under the kimono, or a vicious rumor spread by a rival "as cruel as a spider."
Golden's web is finely woven, but his book has a serious flaw: the geisha's true romance rings hollow--the love of her life is a symbol, not a character. Her villainous geisha nemesis is sharply drawn, but she would be more so if we got a deeper peek into the cause of her motiveless malignity--the plight all geisha share. Still, Golden has won the triple crown of fiction: he has created a plausible female protagonist in a vivid, now-vanished world, and he gloriously captures Japanese culture by expressing his thoughts in authentic Eastern metaphors.
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Book Description Condition: Como nuevo. Sayuri tells the story of her extraordinary life as a geisha. She elegantly presents a unique picture of a hidden and changing way of life. Arthur Golden is a contemporary American writer who has spent much time living and working in Japan and has a remarkable insight into its culture. Suitable for older learners. EAN: 9780582421271 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Libros de texto Título: Memoirs of a Geisha )Autor: Arthur Golden Editorial: Pearson Education Limited Idioma: EN Páginas: 112 Formato: Tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-07-19-81bc01bd