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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Golden, Arthur, 1957-     Subjects     Geishas -- Fiction.     Women -- Japan -- Fiction.     Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Golden, Arthur, 1957-       by title:      Geisya ŭi ch'uŏk = ...      Translation of : Mem...      Memoirs of a geisha....       by call number:      FICTION GOL     Search the Web     Golden, Arthur, 1957-     Geishas -- Fiction.     Women -- Japan -- Fiction.     Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Geisya ŭi ch'uŏk = Memoirs of a geisha / Arthur Golden ; Translated by Lim Jeong-hee by Golden, Arthur, 1957- Hyŏndae Munhwa Sent'a, c1998. Call #: FICTION GOL Subjects Geishas -- Fiction.   Women -- Japan -- Fiction.   Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9788974280994 (pbk.) 897428099X (pbk.) Uniform title:  Memoirs of a geisha. Korean Korean Alternate title:  게이샤의추억 = Memoirs of a geisha Translation of : Memoirs of a geisha. Edition:  Korean : Ch'op'an. Description:  495 p ; 23 cm. Notes:  Translation of : Memoirs of a geisha. Text in Korean, translated from the English. Summary:  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. 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, always elusive, is scorned as illusion. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Through her eyes, we see the decadent heart of Gion--the geisha district of Kyoto--with its marvelous teahouses and theaters, narrow back alleys, ornate temples, and artists' streets. And 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. But as World War II erupts and the geisha houses are forced to close, Sayuri, with little money and even less food, must reinvent herself all over again to find a rare kind of freedom on her own terms. Genre:  Historical fiction. Korean language materials English fiction -- Translations into Korean Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Multilingual Korean FICTION GOL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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