Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Language: EnglishKeywords: 
Early Twentieth Century
 Japan
 Social Customs
 Social Life
Shared by:jodindy
Written by
Read by Bernadette Dunne
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Original Publisher: Books on Tape, 1995
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: July 5, 2000
Duration: 18:09:57
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 is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. 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. It concludes with World War II when the geisha houses are forced to close and Sayuri reinvents herself and finds a rare kind of freedom on her own terms.
“…… Sold as a child by her financially desperate father, Chiyo is placed in a house for geisha as the personal maid to Hatsumomo, one of Kyoto’s most sought-after geisha. There she is trained in the arts of dance, singing and the tea ceremony. Hatsumomo, however, threatened by Chiyo’s beauty, treats her with unrestrained cruelty. Chiyo’s position is one of indentured servitude: she may not leave until she has repaid all of her living expenses and even her original purchase cost. After many vicissitudes, Chiyo is transformed into a celebrated geisha called Sayuri; many men offer to be her danna (high-paying boyfriend), an honor that–defying Western expectations–does not include sex unless the geisha chooses so. Despite legions of admirers however, Chiyo/Sayuri secretly pines for an unattainable man. Golden splendidly renders the superficiality of geisha culture: the word geisha translates to “artist” or “artisan,” and the women spend hours painting on porcelain make-up, caring for their beautifully hued silk kimonos and honing clever conversational skills. Counter to everything geisha are taught, Chiyo learns that her own feelings do matter, and honoring them results in a well-earned, intelligent and satisfyingly happy ending….Publishers Weekly
In 1929 young Chiyo’s father sells her to a fashionable geisha house outside of Kyoto. …. Bernadette Dunne’s reading of this world and its strange (to Western eyes) inhabitants traces across our vision like a landscape painting on silk. The cultivated refinement of her voice ranges effortlessly and credibly from the innocent nine-year-old Chiyo to the magnificent but subtle Nitta Sayuri, the geisha she inevitably becomes. By the end we can almost see and hear the beautiful Sayuri step lightly across the polished wooden floor of the teahouse in her richly brocaded kimono to pour saki for the chairman. P.E.F. (c)AudioFile,
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| 002 - Translator’s Note.mp3 4.2 MBs | |
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This post has 7 comments with rating of 5/5
November 20th, 2020
Thank you so much .
November 20th, 2020
I can’t express my gratitude enough . Much appreciated .
November 20th, 2020
Many thanks!
November 23rd, 2020
What’s the quality like? I’ve downloaded this before and it was like trying to listen to a conversaion through a 4ft thick pillow.
January 20th, 2021
This narration is horrible. The Noriko Aida version is the only version to listen to.
January 20th, 2021
This narration is horrible. The Noriko Aida version is the only version to listen to!
May 28th, 2026
thank you so much for sharing
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