World+Literature+Proposal

Claire Y. 9F Due Aug. 24, 2009
 * World Literature Proposal: Memoirs of Geisha**

The historical fiction that I'm going to read is //Memoirs of a Geisha// which was written by an American author Arthur Golden. ** T **he story takes place in Gion, a geisha district of Kyoto, Japan. It is about the life of Geisha who struggles to survive in the competitive world of hierarchy and later World War II by going through internal change. I’ve read other numerous books concerning the life of high society and survival during a war, but I’ve never read a historical fiction work that concerned the life of a Japanese geisha.My interest in this work of novel, //Memoirs of a Geisha// is emphasized by my fondness of themes concerning internal change and corruptness of hierarchy (these themes I can already observe from the synopsis of the novel). I’m interested and excited about reading this particular work of novel because this is my first-ever historical novel that is set in Japan, and would be a great experience to better understand the culture and history of Japan. Also, excellent reviews about the novel partly contributes to my interest. 5/5