阿瑟·高頓(Arthur Golden),生於美國田納西州查塔努加(Chattanooga),本科畢業於哈佛大學藝術史係,專攻日本藝術。1980年,獲哥倫比亞大學日本史碩士學位,兼修中文。在北京大學進修一個夏季之後,他到東京工作。迴到美國後他在波士頓大學獲英文碩士學位。目前他與妻子和兩個孩子定居馬薩諸塞州布魯剋林。《藝伎迴憶錄》是其發錶的第一部長篇小說。
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. 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. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. 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. 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.
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...
評分“但如今我已明白,我们的世界不再是无风无浪,一成不变。不管有什么争斗与胜利,我们都可以挺受过来。但很快就会散开成为一层薄薄涂料,正像水彩颜料涂到了一张纸上。” 这是书的结尾,小百合以平静的口吻诉说完自己的故事,正如她的生命也走到了尽头。 得到这本书...
評分1999年曾有青海出版社的中文版本。当年读过,以飱猎奇之心,对文本本身没过多留意,那醉醺醺的房子、灰如水银的眼睛是给我印象最为深刻的。历经数年,好莱坞要拍电影,我知道后很乐,匆匆翻了一下旧书。不久之后,99.com的编辑告诉我,作为影视同期书的新版书上市了。我第一...
評分 評分现在是我kindle里的长期住户了,难得看完之后没被我立即处理掉的小说类。留着,再读。 好在 1)文字表达很美,语言很巧妙 2)作者作为西方人,对东方式的情绪把握得很好 3)虽然小说有虚构的部分,但是情节很顺畅(现在情节完全顺畅的小说不多了) 4)作为娱乐性很好的小说,...
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评分一般般. 隨便看看. 感覺女主角是個非常有心計的人, 並沒有書中她自白的那麼單純.
评分一般般. 隨便看看. 感覺女主角是個非常有心計的人, 並沒有書中她自白的那麼單純.
评分not all that fascinating. this sort of beautiful creature is better suited for the opera/theatre/cinema
评分一般般. 隨便看看. 感覺女主角是個非常有心計的人, 並沒有書中她自白的那麼單純.
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