Aún no tienes productos en tu cesta
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs throughout the book. Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world.” —Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police ( Yomiuri Shimbun )In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi and the others to think clearly and express themselves. Based on real-life events in Meiji-era Japan, award-winning and critically acclaimed veteran writer Kiyoko Murata re-creates in stunning detail the brutal yet vibrant lives of women in the red-light district at the turn of the twentieth century—the bond they share, the survival skills they pass down, and the power of owning one's language. By banding together, the women organize a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives.
Has añadido la cantidad máxima disponible.
«Dentro del caldero», galardonada con el Premio AkutagawaEsta novela de Kiyoko Murata, que Kurosawa pudo leer durante el rodaje de su película Sueños (1990), inspiró el guión de Rapsodia en agosto.Tami, una adolescente de 17 años, pasa sus vacaciones de verano en casa de su abuela, junto con su hermano y otros dos primos. Sus padres están fuera, cuidando a un tío enfermo. Con ternura y delicadeza ayuda a la anciana en la labores y cocina tentadores platos en la olla negra. Sin embargo, la tristeza, las preguntas sin respuesta, los secretos familiares, los amores prohibidos parecen surgir del fondo del caldero, mientras la abuela reconstruye el pasado con sus historias fragmentarias y su memoria incierta. De repente, el universo de Tami se sacude y su identidad se pone en duda…
Has añadido la cantidad máxima disponible.
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs throughout the book. Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world.” —Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police ( Yomiuri Shimbun )In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi and the others to think clearly and express themselves. Based on real-life events in Meiji-era Japan, award-winning and critically acclaimed veteran writer Kiyoko Murata re-creates in stunning detail the brutal yet vibrant lives of women in the red-light district at the turn of the twentieth century—the bond they share, the survival skills they pass down, and the power of owning one's language. By banding together, the women organize a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives.
Agotado ahora
Has añadido la cantidad máxima disponible.