| The story of a Japanese girl with unusual grey eyes that is taken away from her poor fishing village at the age of nine to be taken into slavery and be trained to become a geisha. Nitta Sayuri faces the many hardships of the art of becoming a geisha and her rival who adds to her burden. The arts of wearing a kimono, putting on makeup, pouring sake, having her virginity auctioned to the highest bidder. A real well thought and informative story. It really makes you cry. A national bestseller. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - upbeat Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Life of a profession: Ethnic/Regional/Religion Other aspects: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Job/Profession/Status story Yes Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes Taboo sex story? Yes Woman's story? Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - long lived adults Ethnicity/Nationality Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - Japan Small town? Yes Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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