Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel - Brossura

Golden, Arthur

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ISBN 10: 0679781587 ISBN 13: 9780679781585

Casa editrice: Vintage, 1999

Riassunto

The "memoirs" of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas describes how, in 1929, as a little girl, she is sold into slavery; her efforts to learn the arts of the geisha; the impact of World War II; and her struggle to reinvent herself to win the man she loves. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

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"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely." —Washington Post Book World

"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut." —Newsweek

"A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance." —The New Yorker

L'autore:

Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College, where he received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an M.A. in Japanese history from Columbia University, where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. Following a summer at Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo, and, after returning to the United States, earned an M.A. in English from Boston University. He resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679781587
• ISBN 13: 9780679781585
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 448