Memoirs of a Geisha
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Beschreibung
This is a seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, which tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York; it exquisitely evokes another culture, a different time and the details of an extraordinary way of life. It conjures up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the most powerful men.
"'Endless and fascinating-a narrative that is both gripping and beautifully paced-a wonderful read' Observer "
Produktdetails
| Format | ePUB i |
|---|---|
| Kopierschutz | Ja i |
| Family Sharing | Nein i |
| Text-to-Speech | Nein i |
| Seitenzahl | 512 (Printausgabe) |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2008 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
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| EAN | 9781407019666 |
| Verlag | Random House UK Ltd |
| Dateigröße | 1122 KB |
| Verkaufsrang | 9660 |