Geisha Memoirs

Author: Gao Dun
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: A global bestseller of 5,000,000 copies, translated into thirty-two languages! It has dominated the New York Times and other media bestseller lists for sixty-one weeks! BBC UK's "Big Read" Love Novel Top 100! The film adapted from this book was produced by Columbia for $85 million, with superstars like Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Ken Watanabe joining the cast! The novel mainly tells the story of geisha Sayuri, from a fisherman's orphan Chiyo to a famous geisha in Kyoto. When all the incredible stories unfold one after another, when wisdom and patience gradually surpass beauty and become increasingly prominent, will a miracle finally be born? The figure that has been called a thousand times in dreams will finally appear in the place where prosperity fades? From a fisherman's orphan Chiyo to the famous geisha Sayuri, her fate is like the petals floating on the gentle stream, forever unpredictable in the direction of the future. The elegant and exquisite geisha house is a paradise for the rich and their indulgences, but it is also the place where Sayuri has to face the harsh winds and frosts every day. The generals, barons, chairmen, and doctors—the men's greedy or profound gazes weave a net she relies on to survive but cannot easily escape. "Mom," Shota, Douye, and—women's hands, either taking advantage of her misfortune or generously helping her, support a stage full of danger. Even if she walks on thin ice, Sayuri can only smile broadly and make her grand entrance in full attire. Living in the cracks, there is always a corner in Sayuri's heart where she keeps a love that may never be fulfilled. When all the incredible stories unfold one after another, when wisdom and patience gradually surpass beauty and become increasingly prominent, will a miracle finally be born? The figure that has been called a thousand times in dreams will finally appear in the place where prosperity fades? From a fisherman's orphan Chiyo to the famous geisha Sayuri, her fate is like the petals floating on the gentle stream, forever unpredictable in the direction of the future. The elegant and exquisite geisha house is a paradise for the rich and their indulgences, but it is also the place where Sayuri has to face the harsh winds and frosts every day. The generals, barons, chairmen, and doctors—the men's greedy or profound gazes weave a net she relies on to survive but cannot easily escape.