In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.
We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to...
In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.
We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha's elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.
"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely."
－－Washington Post Book World
"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut."
－－Newsweek
"A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance."
This humble person has been alive long enough to see two generations of children grow up, and knows how rare it is for ordinary birds to give birth to a swan. The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world. (查看原文)
This is a beautifully written story. I like the language used by geisha. Their job is to "entertain" people, to make people feel pleasant. This is really art in everyday life however in real life people too often don't pay much attention to other people's f...
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亚瑟·高登 作者
玛特
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于是
上海译文出版社2006版
特写蒙汗药
上海译文出版社2006版
光明王后
上海译文出版社2006版
摇滚小熊猫
0 有用 大老鼠 2014-10-19 16:35:59
多年前看的电影，因为中国人演日本艺伎就很不喜欢。拿起书本的时候，电影情节已经忘得一干二净，但阅读过程中理所当然地用章子怡、杨紫琼和巩俐的脸去脑补了这些角色。有时候文字的确能比电影更细腻地表达感情，这本就是例证。
0 有用 nano 2012-03-17 22:29:30
第一本读完的英语小说 必须纪念一下
0 有用 一个苹子 2024-03-09 00:39:41 江苏
一些句子写得好美好动人，仿佛真的描绘出一个生动的艺妓世界。chairman居然一直暗中记住了sayuri，滥俗的剧情，但看到sayuri和chairman坐在一起吃冰淇淋时，又忽然在眼前出现了一幅岁月静好的画面，怎么回事。不过怎么一股子sayuri最纯真，其他女人笨笨的一点也不精于心计的感觉，mother居然不是一个足够精明的女人！
0 有用 金权 2011-08-26 22:18:16
老外写日本的故事也不容易. 改变的电影章子怡心和巩利的艺妓形象是给老美看的. 和日本艺妓形象还是有气质的不同.
0 有用 囡囡涓 2013-01-05 00:19:06
记得是一本很优美的书
0 有用 一个苹子 2024-03-09 00:39:41 江苏
一些句子写得好美好动人，仿佛真的描绘出一个生动的艺妓世界。chairman居然一直暗中记住了sayuri，滥俗的剧情，但看到sayuri和chairman坐在一起吃冰淇淋时，又忽然在眼前出现了一幅岁月静好的画面，怎么回事。不过怎么一股子sayuri最纯真，其他女人笨笨的一点也不精于心计的感觉，mother居然不是一个足够精明的女人！
0 有用 沙滩可达鸭 2020-04-07 00:36:53
beauty in the atmosphere
0 有用 大老鼠 2014-10-19 16:35:59
多年前看的电影，因为中国人演日本艺伎就很不喜欢。拿起书本的时候，电影情节已经忘得一干二净，但阅读过程中理所当然地用章子怡、杨紫琼和巩俐的脸去脑补了这些角色。有时候文字的确能比电影更细腻地表达感情，这本就是例证。
0 有用 囡囡涓 2013-01-05 00:19:06
记得是一本很优美的书
0 有用 nano 2012-03-17 22:29:30
第一本读完的英语小说 必须纪念一下