Winters Carpenter Juliet - A Woman Of Pleasure A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 protegee 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 organise a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives.
Title: A Woman Of Pleasure A Novel
Author(s): Winters Carpenter Juliet
Publisher: Counterpoint
Barcode: 9781640095793
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 2/27/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction