Memoirs of a Geisha
I only began this book out of a sense of duty and because it had drifted to the top of the pile, but I have neglected Genevieve shamefully in order read it.
I kept on having to remind myself that it was not an autobiography, but in fact, fiction and written by a man person too! I just had to read and read and read. "I'll play with you when I've finished this chapter" was my refrain today. Am going to read the "Tale of Murasaki" as a contrast.
The Geisha come across like the ancient Greek heterae. It's like the men spend their real lives with them and not with their families. The geisha are powerful and yet powerless at the same time. Ooh I just loved it and cried at the finishing of it, not because it was sad but because I couldn't bear to say goodbye. Shall have to finish as more tears are here. Shall console self with West Wing and SFX magazine.
I kept on having to remind myself that it was not an autobiography, but in fact, fiction and written by a man person too! I just had to read and read and read. "I'll play with you when I've finished this chapter" was my refrain today. Am going to read the "Tale of Murasaki" as a contrast.
The Geisha come across like the ancient Greek heterae. It's like the men spend their real lives with them and not with their families. The geisha are powerful and yet powerless at the same time. Ooh I just loved it and cried at the finishing of it, not because it was sad but because I couldn't bear to say goodbye. Shall have to finish as more tears are here. Shall console self with West Wing and SFX magazine.