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Arthur Golden

    6 dicembre 1956

    Arthur Golden si immerge nel ricco arazzo della storia e della cultura giapponese, creando meticolosamente narrazioni che esplorano le complessità sociali e la psicologia dei personaggi. La sua prosa è caratterizzata dalla precisione e da un profondo senso dell'atmosfera, che immerge i lettori in distinti periodi storici e ambientazioni. Golden esamina temi di identità, tradizione e trasformazione nel contesto di complesse relazioni umane. Il suo lavoro è una testimonianza di ricerche approfondite e di una profonda comprensione degli argomenti scelti.

    Arthur Golden
    Egy Gésa Emlékiratai
    De Rode Kamer
    P.S.: Karma and Other Stories
    My Year of Meat
    Memorie di una geisha
    • De Rode Kamer

      • 462pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      De rode kamer is Pauline A. Chens epische hervertelling van het belangrijkste boek uit de Chinese literatuur, De droom van de rode kamer , dat zich afspeelt in het roerige Beijing van de achttiende eeuw. Het is een indringende roman over rangen en standen en over de ondergeschikte positie van Chinese vrouwen in die tijd, die ondanks de hun opgelegde beperkingen de kracht vinden om een eigen leven te leiden. Daiyu heeft haar hele leven in de provincie gewoond, maar wordt na de dood van haar moeder naar haar familie Jia in de Chinese hoofdstad Beijing gestuurd. Haar familieleden blijken tot haar verbazing nauwe banden te onderhouden met het keizerlijk paleis en een weelderig leven te leiden in de talrijke vertrekken van huize Rongguo. Ze zijn verwikkeld in geheimzinnige intriges en leveren een bittere strijd om macht en invloed. Daiyu trekt bij haar komst meteen de aandacht van haar neef Baoyu, maar hij is door zijn grootmoeder al uitgehuwelijkt aan een andere nicht. De noodlottige liefde tussen Daiyu en Baoyu markeert het begin van de teloorgang van de familie Jia.

      De Rode Kamer2012
      4,0
    • P.S.: Karma and Other Stories

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Multigenerational and international, the characters in Reddi's unique stories long for the comfort of the past while building unfamiliar and friable new lives in America. Finding the right balance between traditional Indian culture and the allure of contemporary Western life becomes a high-stakes juggling act—a gamble that they can't always win. A contentious septuagenarian reunites with a childhood friend after an unlikely argument threatens to erase decades of history; a 15-year acquaintance with the town's librarian tempts a middle-aged housewife to consider the unthinkable; a young, assimilated college student condemns her best friend for consenting to an arranged marriage; a widow flees her son's comfortable American life and returns to the village of her birth; a young husband and father finds success disappointingly elusive and spends his days on Boston's wintry streets, rescuing injured birds.Proud, lonely, despairing, and hopeful, Reddi's characters and the stories that surround them not only animate the struggle between tradition and a new way of life but also bear witness to the common ground we all share. That Reddi is able to transcend the confines of immigrant literature, choosing instead to examine the universal themes of love, loss, family, and duty, marks Karma and Other Stories as a resonant and gifted debut.

      P.S.: Karma and Other Stories2007
      3,8
    • My Year of Meat

      Winner of The Kiriyama Fiction Prize 1998

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Jane Takagi-Little produces a Japanese television show on all-American meat cooking. Akiko Ueno learns more than just recipes from Jane's programmes. In one parallel year, the lives of two women at opposite ends of the earth are brought together in a novel of meat, TV and personal crisis.

      My Year of Meat1999
      4,0
    • Memorie di una geisha

      • 571pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha , we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.

      Memorie di una geisha1997
      4,3