Geisha Memoirs (Black Skin 28.00)

Author: Arthur Golden (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: A global bestseller with 5,000,000 copies sold, translated into thirty-two languages! It has dominated the New York Times Best Seller list and other media for sixty-one weeks! BBC's "Big Read" Top 100 Love Novel Selection! 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 primarily tells the story of the geisha Sayuri, from the fisherman's orphan Chiyo to becoming a renowned 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 in dreams a thousand times will it finally appear in the place where the splendor fades? From the fisherman's orphan Chiyo to the renowned 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 the powerful, but it is also the place where Sayuri must face the harsh winds and frost every day. The glances of the men—generals, barons, chairmen, doctors—are either greedy or profound, weaving a net that she relies on to survive but cannot easily escape. "Mother," Shota, Douye, and—women who either take advantage of her misfortune or offer willing help—support a stage full of peril. Even though 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 in dreams a thousand times will it finally appear in the place where the splendor fades?