Geisha Of Gion: The True Story Of Japan's Foremost Geisha
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781471105739 (1471105733)
Publish date: December 11th 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Culture,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Biography Memoir,
Japan,
Womens,
Japanese Literature
I kept re-writing my comments on this bit because I feel so conflicted that I can't write a comprehensive sentence about it. Likes: historical first person account. Original, native speaker. Detailed descriptions about unique aspects of cultural setting. Dislikes: the general personality of the ...
3,5/5Ho iniziato a leggere questo libro perché ho adorato "Memorie di una Geisha" di Arthur Golden, che si è rifatto proprio alla storia di Mineko Iwasaki. Di "Memorie di una Geisha" questo libro non ha poi molto, e per quanto la Iwasaki si sia lamentata per come Golden abbia stravolto la sua vita (...
Spędziłam przy tej książce naprawdę miło czas. Geisha ukazała się w moich oczach jako symbol pracy nad sobą i dążenia do doskonałości. Do Książka walczy z mitem, że geishe to prostytutki. Już nie raz słyszałam osoby, kojarzące je tylko z tym - co jest tak naprawdę wiedzą podwórkową. Do tego książka ...
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"Geisha: A Life" is the autobiography of the woman in Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha. Liza Dalby's Geisha is however said to be more forthcoming about the reality of geishas' lives. Maybe read Dalby's and Iwasaki's together, to get a more accurate picture!
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