Autobiography of a Geisha

图书标准信息

• 作者 Sayo Masuda 著
• 出版社 Random House UK
• 出版时间 2004-02
• ISBN 9780099462040
• 定价 107.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 216页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

SayoMasuda'sstoryisanextraordinaryportraitofrurallifeinJapanandanilluminatingcontrasttothefictionalisedlivesofglamorousgeishas.Attheageofsixmasuda'spoverty-strickenfamilysenthertoworkasanursemaid.Attheageoftwelve,shewasindenturedtoageishahouse.In"AutobiographyoftheGeisha",Masudachroniclesaharshworldinwhichyoungwomenfacedtherealitiesofsexforsaleandweredeprivedoftheirfreedomandidentity.Shealsotellsofherlifeafterleavingthegeishahouse,paintingavividpanoramaofthegrindingpovertyofrurallifeinwartimeJapan.ManyyearslaterMasudadecidedtotellherstory.Althoughshecouldbarelyreadorwriteshewasdeterminedtotellthetruthaboutlifeasageishaandexplodethemythssurroundingtheirsecretworld.Remarkablefrankandincrediblymoving,thisistherecordofonewoman'ssurvivalonthemarginsofJapanesesociety.