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According to Arthur Goldens absorbing first novel, the word geisha does not mean prostitute, as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means artisan or artist. We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the childs unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is take According to Arthur Goldens absorbing first novel, the word geisha does not mean prostitute, as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means artisan or artist. We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the childs unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geishas elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett OHara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.
According to Arthur Goldens absorbing first novel, the word geisha does not mean prostitute, as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means artisan or artist. We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the childs unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is take According to Arthur Goldens absorbing first novel, the word geisha does not mean prostitute, as Westerners ignorantly assume--it means artisan or artist. We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to... Read More