Mémoires d'une geisha
About this book
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Profil du lecteur
4.2/5 · 2141764 lecteurs · 551 pages · ≈ 10 h 12 m · Modéré
Combien de temps pour lire Memoirs of a Geisha ?
Environ ≈ 10 h 12 m — 551 pages, à raison d'environ 250 mots par page et 225 mots par minute.
Combien de pages fait Memoirs of a Geisha ?
551 pages dans son édition la plus lue.
Quel est le genre de Memoirs of a Geisha ?
Il se trouve dans les rayons Historical Fiction, History, Fiction.
Memoirs of a Geisha a-t-il été adapté au cinéma ou à la télévision ?
Oui — les adaptations incluent Memoirs of a Geisha (2006), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
Memoirs of a Geisha est-il dans le domaine public ?
Non — il est encore sous droits d'auteur.
Où se déroule Memoirs of a Geisha ?
Elle se déroule à Japan, Kyoto, Japon, pendant 20th century, 20e siècle.
Qui a écrit Memoirs of a Geisha ?
Arthur Golden.