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。
In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.
We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha's elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.
"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely."
--Washington Post Book World
"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut."
--Newsweek
"A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance."
--The New Yorker
發表於2024-11-20
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不論細節真假,一個在美國混瞭40年的藝妓肯定比較無敵的,因此我願意相信她的話。 女人何苦為難女人?可惜當人們處在一種封閉的環境下互相充滿敵意時,他們相互對立的思想走不瞭多遠的。小百閤最後確實勝利瞭,“可惡”的初桃也淪為瞭低等妓女。如果是個故事此時終結確實精彩,...
評分逆境就像一陣狂風, 從我們手中奪走本來無法被奪走的東西, 狂風過後, 我們看到是原形畢露的自己。 我學會瞭讓我性格裏的水凝滯結冰, 唯有用這種方法停止我思潮的自然流動, 我纔能忍受這等待。
評分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《藝伎迴憶錄》最大的看點在於它的異國情調,即對日本藝妓文化的呈現。盡管有傳聞說,阿瑟·高頓的描寫與實際情況相去甚遠,但作為一部滿足讀者獵奇心理的通俗讀物,這些已經足夠瞭。 而小說的故事本身就乏善可陳,它的某些橋段讓我聯想到瞭一部少女小說——《長腿叔叔》,同樣...
評分在我讀過的為數不多的歐美小說中,《藝妓迴憶錄》算是最對我胃口的一本瞭,可能我的口味太過東方,那種細膩的、娓娓道來的敘述,濃鬱的藝妓文化、東瀛風情,隻言片語裏都有著濃濃的東方味兒。 在一個單追求閱讀快感的普通讀者看來, 這本小說具有足夠的可...
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電影剛齣來的時候看的電影。前兩天偶爾淘到瞭書,抽著擠著時間讀完瞭。描述手法不錯,不過一到細節描寫,英文就沒有中文豐富。硬傷。
評分My previous prejudice was discarded. A geisha's life was far beyond the struggles and truimphs. They at last made peace with strong emotions. Immersed in an enthralling world, I was impressed by the depiction of elegantly designed kimonos and taken back by the bid for virginity.
評分beauty in the atmosphere
評分記得是一本很優美的書
評分老外寫日本的故事也不容易. 改變的電影章子怡心和鞏利的藝妓形象是給老美看的. 和日本藝妓形象還是有氣質的不同.
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