求艺妓回忆录的英文内容简介如题～

求艺妓回忆录的英文内容简介如题～
求艺妓回忆录的英文内容简介
如题～

求艺妓回忆录的英文内容简介如题～
It is 1929 in Japan.Before her mother dies,the main character,Sakamoto Chiyo,and her older sister,Satsu,are taken to Gion by one Mr.Tanaka.Satsu is sold to a "house of pleasure" as a prostitute,while Chiyo is sold to an okiya,a house for geisha.
With her unusual blue-grey eyes,Chiyo is to train to become a geisha,but is constantly antagonized by Hatsumomo,the resident (and only) geisha of the Nitta okiya.The arrogant Hatsumomo recognises Chiyo's potential and is upset at any hint of competition.Due to Hatsumomo's machinations,Chiyo is reduced to becoming a maid in the okiya,ostensibly with no future of becoming a geisha.
An encounter with the wealthy and benevolent Chairman changes her luck.Soon after,Chiyo wins the eye of Mameha,the most successful geisha in Gion,who is despised by Hatsumomo because she outshines her in every aspect and,having earned her independence as a geisha,unlike Hatsumomo,cannot be toppled.She takes Chiyo in as her younger sister and protege and trains Chiyo to rival Hatsumomo.Chiyo's entrance into apprenticeship is marked by being given a new name:Sayuri.
Mameha orchestrates a bidding war between rich patrons for Sayuri's mizuage (interpreted in the narrative,erroneously,as a deflowering ceremony),and Sayuri's final price is enough to pay off her entire debt to the Nitta okiya,establishing her as a highly successful geisha and earning her adoption by the mistress of the okiya.Sayuri and Mameha destroy Hatsumomo's reputation entirely thereafter and Hatsumomo is thrown out of the okiya.
The outbreak of World War II,a theme foreshadowed by growing reference to the Japanese military,represents,structurally,another major challenge for the heroine.Her successes are quickly made irrelevant,and her physical beauty is tarnished by manual labor and malnutrition.The life of luxury is replaced by a new reality:her personal dark valley.
During her time as a geisha before the war,she encounters the Chairman again,but finds it impossible to get close to him as she desires.Instead,she finds herself constantly being pushed to be with Nobu,the Chairman's most trusted friend.It is Nobu that saves Sayuri from the harsh labor of the war until Gion is able to open again on the condition that she will allow him to become her patron,despite the fact that it is the Chairman she desires.
However,it is not until she puts herself in an undesirable position that Sayuri's desire to be with the Chairman truly frees her to pursue her own destiny.The Chairman then frees her from the okiya and becomes her 'danna' (similar to what a wife calls her husband).
After several years as the Chairman's mistress,Sayuri sets up a teahouse in New York for Japanese businessmen so that the Chairman does not lose his face in Japan when his daughter is about to be married to a man who would be the potential heir of his company.

A young nine year old girl, Chiyo, lives in a rather poor fishing village, Yoroido, on Japan's coast. Along with her older sister, Satsu, she is sent to the geisha (Japanese for artisan) district call...

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A young nine year old girl, Chiyo, lives in a rather poor fishing village, Yoroido, on Japan's coast. Along with her older sister, Satsu, she is sent to the geisha (Japanese for artisan) district called Gion. Split from the only family she has left Chiyo is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her sister is transported else where and becomes less of a role. And Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives and is taken care of. Here at the Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin. Together Pumpkin and Chiyo struggle through the daily life of being treated as nothing more than slaves to the resident geisha, Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo, the story's resident villain, tries her hardest to make Chiyo's life as miserable as possible. On one particular occasion Chiyo feeling so depressed collapses on a bridge in tears over her life's woes. Much to her surprise a high society passer by stops to question why she is so sad. Here little Chiyo meets The Chairman for the first time. He shows her kindness in a world which has been naught but cruel to her and from that point on Chiyo makes it her goal to break free from the social class she was born into and become a geisha worthy of The Chairman. After much work and hardship Chiyo is allowed to attend school where young girls are taught all the important practices associated with the life of a geisha. She learns tea ceremony, how to play the shamisen (like a little banjo or acoustic guitar), as well as quite possibly the most important act, how to dance. The word geisha in Japanese is derived from a term referring to art so a geisha is like an artisan, or an artist. After some more altercations with Hatsumomo, Chiyo is taken under the wing of one of Gion's most popular geisha, Mameha. Mameha also happens to be Hatsumomo's arch-rival as a geisha. Mameha takes a long time to introduce Chiyo as her apprentice however once she does she is already blessed with fame for being associated with someone of Mameha's class. Here is the part of the story where Chiyo's name changes to Sayuri (her geisha name). Mameha introduces Sayuri is many numerous figures in Gion life and it come to a point where men are fighting for the highest bid on Sayuri's mizuage. All this time Sayuri is struggling with the common life lessons learned when one is growing up into a young woman. It is very much a coming of age story. Through all trials of adversity Sayuri faces her one goal is always to see The Chairman again. Finally the day comes when she is invited, along with Mameha, to a party at a teahouse at which The Chairman is attending. For the next couple of weeks she attends multiple parties which the chairman attend all the while seemingly coming closer to achieving her goal. Tension has been growing concerning World War II and the society in Gion is beginning to feel the effects of war. Rations are set up and many part of the giesha district have begun to close. Geisha are fleeing to other parts of the country hoping to avoid getting caught in an attack. Sayuri and all of her friends are split apart until after the war and once everyone returns to Gion it is realized the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All geisha who fled to these cities obviously died and it is a loss greatly felt by the community. Sayuri desperately attempts to attain the love of the Chairman and the climax of the story is whether or not she does meet her goal.

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