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I first read this book in high school, and although I remember liking it, I don't think I was paying very much attention because I seriously thought the book was just about a bunch of Japanese hookers. But I reread it a few weeks ago, and I loved the story. Memoirs is about the life of this peasanth girl, Sayuri, in pre and post-WW2 Japan who is sold into life as an apprentive Geisha, and then ultimately, an actual Geisha.
He's an author writing fiction, he can write a book about whatever the hell he wants to. most people that write successful fiction are writing about stuff that they don't actually live through themselves. that's why it's called FICTION and not autobiography.
Did you happen to see his acknowledgement section? He certainly had a lot of help with the historical and personal side of geisha life. And he never tried to say it was a biography, it IS fiction.
I would guess that not everyone who writes about the Titanic was on it, or people who write about a Zombie apocalypse actually lived through one. It's to his credit that he was able to capture a time that he wasn't a part of. If only there were more talented writers who could delve into and explore culture like this book did, regardless of the color of a writer's skin or where they were born
wow its fiction. anyone, no matter what race,color,gender can write about fiction. It was a well written story, please don't bring race into this. you could simply not like the story,
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I first read this book in high school, and although I remember liking it, I don't think I was paying very much attention because I seriously thought the book was just about a bunch of Japanese hookers. But I reread it a few weeks ago, and I loved the story. Memoirs is about the life of this peasanth girl, Sayuri, in pre and post-WW2 Japan who is sold into life as an apprentive Geisha, and then ultimately, an actual Geisha.
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He's an author writing fiction, he can write a book about whatever the hell he wants to. most people that write successful fiction are writing about stuff that they don't actually live through themselves. that's why it's called FICTION and not autobiography.
Did you happen to see his acknowledgement section? He certainly had a lot of help with the historical and personal side of geisha life. And he never tried to say it was a biography, it IS fiction.
I would guess that not everyone who writes about the Titanic was on it, or people who write about a Zombie apocalypse actually lived through one. It's to his credit that he was able to capture a time that he wasn't a part of. If only there were more talented writers who could delve into and explore culture like this book did, regardless of the color of a writer's skin or where they were born
wow its fiction. anyone, no matter what race,color,gender can write about fiction. It was a well written story, please don't bring race into this. you could simply not like the story,
