[PDF.41jz] Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)

Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)

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 | #157337 in Books |  2007-09-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.38 x.77 x5.86l,.82 | File type: PDF | 184 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A tale of a geisha, but not the best I have read.|By quietgirl255|I really wanted to love this book as I love all things geisha and Japanese culture.
This was the tale of a geisha, Komayo, who has to return back to the profession after her husband, who had bought out her debt, dies. Rather than facing a lonely, boring life in the country, she returns back to Tokyo. The hou| |Portraits of Japanese geisha most often present these women either as tragic victims of oppressive institutions catering to male sexual desire or as sexually empowered entrepreneurs navigating a harsh reality. In Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale, Nagai Kafu int

Originally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant renderings of Tokyo in the early years of modern Japan. Stephen Snyder offers the first English translation of the complete, uncensored text, which has long been celebrated as one of the most convincing and sensually rich portraits of the geisha profession.

Rivalry tells a sweeping story in which sexual politics compete with...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Japanese Studies Series)   |  Kafū Nagai. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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