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PublisherCounterpoint Press
ISBN-101640095799
ISBN-139781640095793
eBay Product ID (ePID)23061848143
Product Key Features
Book TitleWoman of Pleasure : a Novel
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicHistorical, Linguistics / General
GenreFiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorKiyoko Murata
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-034737
TitleLeadingA
ReviewsBookshop , A Most Anticipated Title of the Year "Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure is proof that a novel can opt for clarity without sacrificing complexity . . . [I]t is at once a detailed character study, a beautifully researched work of historical fiction, and a plain declaration of both women's rights and workers' rights . . . A Woman of Pleasure is brisk but lyrical, moving but unsentimental . . . A Woman of Pleasure has become an ode to self-determination--physical and intellectual both." --Lily Meyer, NPR "This immersive chronicle will move readers." -- Publishers Weekly "Using the frame of incidents from Meiji-era Japan, Murata takes us into brothel life . . . The novel especially enchants with its nods to writing." --JR Ramakrishnan, Electric Literature "Murata crafts a powerful story with universal themes, and her deep knowledge of history and culture illuminates the impossible situation women were forced to navigate . . . [T]his will be a valuable addition to historical-fiction collections." --Cate Triola, Library Journal "The experiences of a country girl sold into prostitution in 1903 lay bare the established system and financial exploitation of the Japanese pleasure industry . . . A precise portrait of sexual enslavement." -- Kirkus Reviews "Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winter-Carpenter's translation." --Polly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds "With crystalline economy precisely calibrated to a world where money, beauty, power, and the lifeforce of women are measured against the value of pleasure and exchanged for survival, Kiyoko Murata's novel comes alive with exacting force. Reading A Woman of Pleasure is like walking into the stratified rooms of Shinonome vibrant with a kaleidoscopic range of perspectives, each drawn with such nuance and sensitivity that they held me as captive as the changing, patriarchal world of early 1900s Japan held this community of women and girls. A marvel." --Asako Serizawa, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award and author of Inheritors, "Murata crafts a powerful story with universal themes, and her deep knowledge of history and culture illuminates the impossible situation women were forced to navigate . . . [T]his will be a valuable addition to historical-fiction collections." --Cate Triola, Library Journal "The experiences of a country girl sold into prostitution in 1903 lay bare the established system and financial exploitation of the Japanese pleasure industry . . . A precise portrait of sexual enslavement." -- Kirkus Reviews "Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winter-Carpenter's translation." --Polly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds "With crystalline economy precisely calibrated to a world where money, beauty, power, and the lifeforce of women are measured against the value of pleasure and exchanged for survival, Kiyoko Murata's novel comes alive with exacting force. Reading A Woman of Pleasure is like walking into the stratified rooms of Shinonome vibrant with a kaleidoscopic range of perspectives, each drawn with such nuance and sensitivity that they held me as captive as the changing, patriarchal world of early 1900s Japan held this community of women and girls. A marvel." --Asako Serizawa, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award and author of Inheritors, "Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winter-Carpenter's translation." --Polly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds, "Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winter-Carpenter's translation." --Polly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds "With crystalline economy precisely calibrated to a world where money, beauty, power, and the lifeforce of women are measured against the value of pleasure and exchanged for survival, Kiyoko Murata's novel comes alive with exacting force. Reading A Woman of Pleasure is like walking into the stratified rooms of Shinonome vibrant with a kaleidoscopic range of perspectives, each drawn with such nuance and sensitivity that they held me as captive as the changing, patriarchal world of early 1900s Japan held this community of women and girls. A marvel." --Asako Serizawa, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award and author of Inheritors, Bookshop , A Most Anticipated Title of the Year "This immersive chronicle will move readers." -- Publishers Weekly "Murata crafts a powerful story with universal themes, and her deep knowledge of history and culture illuminates the impossible situation women were forced to navigate . . . [T]his will be a valuable addition to historical-fiction collections." --Cate Triola, Library Journal "The experiences of a country girl sold into prostitution in 1903 lay bare the established system and financial exploitation of the Japanese pleasure industry . . . A precise portrait of sexual enslavement." -- Kirkus Reviews "Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winter-Carpenter's translation." --Polly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds "With crystalline economy precisely calibrated to a world where money, beauty, power, and the lifeforce of women are measured against the value of pleasure and exchanged for survival, Kiyoko Murata's novel comes alive with exacting force. Reading A Woman of Pleasure is like walking into the stratified rooms of Shinonome vibrant with a kaleidoscopic range of perspectives, each drawn with such nuance and sensitivity that they held me as captive as the changing, patriarchal world of early 1900s Japan held this community of women and girls. A marvel." --Asako Serizawa, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award and author of Inheritors
SynopsisAn unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real-life historic Japanese courtesan strike In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Aoi Ichi 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. By banding together, the women organize a strike and walk away from the brothel and into the possibility of new lives. 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberPL856.U735Y8513 2024
