03567cam a2200361 4500 592589390 TxAuBib 20220727120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781415950586 141595058X 0fdca94e-12ee-437c-bd79-81a6aec779e2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 147442 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha [Libby]. Books on Tape, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 500MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 499MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:An alluring tour de force: a brilliant debut novel told with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.&#160;&#160;<br /> Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love, always elusive, is scorned as illusion.&#160;&#160;<br /> Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Through her eyes, we see the decadent heart of Gion—the geisha district of Kyoto—with its marvelous teahouses and theaters, narrow back alleys, ornate temples, and artists' streets. And we witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it. But as World War II erupts and the geisha houses are forced to close, Sayuri, with little money and even less food, must reinvent herself all over again to find a rare kind of freedom on her own terms.<br /> Memoirs of a Geisha is a book of nuances and vivid metaphor, of memorable characters rendered with humor and pathos. And though the story is rich with detail and a vast knowledge of history, it is the transparent, seductive voice of Sayuri that the reader remembers.<br /> A dazzling literary achievement of empathy and grace by an extraordinary new writer. Media Type: Audiobook. Listen Up Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. Dunne, Bernadette. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/147442-MemoirsOfAGeisha.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/147442-MemoirsOfAGeisha.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0FDCA94E-12EE-437C-BD79-81A6AEC779E2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/147442-MemoirsOfAGeisha.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/147442-MemoirsOfAGeisha.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0FDCA94E-12EE-437C-BD79-81A6AEC779E2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)