![]() ![]() They are all different human-beings with flaws of their own that struggle to survive and get by their hard lives. There isn’t a single character in this story that I actually hate. I wanted her to survive, to fight and to find happiness. Little Chiyo simply captivated me with her story. ![]() This is not a perfect book but it is an amazing one. I quickly get bored but I couldn’t put this book down once I had started reading and I had already seen the movie years ago. Some people may say, parts of the story drag on and on and yet nothing important happens. I should mention that Chiyo and Sayuri are the same person. The writing also helped me to see the world through Chiyo’s eyes and better understand her mind. Some people may find it pretentious but I understood that this is an attempt to write as close as possible to Japanese style of writing and story-telling and to seem poetic. Why pretend this is a real story when it’s a beautiful fiction? What’s wrong with fiction? I admit, as I reached the end of the book, I came to realize why the author tried to portray this story as a real life story when writing the introduction but I will write about that later. I mean, what’s with the contradiction? I couldn’t understand the pretense. I admit that I was disappointed when I realized that this turned out to be fiction, only and only because I had been told otherwise by author himself while reading the preface. It appears that this story is based on the life of a certain geisha, but the author clearly states that both the story and characters are fictional and I am going to stick with that. So I keep my opinion and impression Geisha to myself. I am not Japanese and I am not a historian and therefore, I am not qualified to judge. My point is, I don’t want to discuss accuracy of this book regarding Geisha life. I became fascinated with Japanese culture when I was a teenage girl and since then I have read many Japanese-related books and articles and have watched many movies and animes that depict parts of Japanese culture but the fact remains that I am not Japanese, I have never been to Japan and I am a foreigner, captivated by this exotic and very different culture.Īs a foreigner, I see many beautiful and unique aspects to Japanese culture but I also know about certain painful historical facts such as treatment of women in certain eras of Japan.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |