November 6, 2005

• i finished the 'memoirs of a geisha'. i marked all over it with a fluorescent pen and i recommend it with all my heart, because it's a seriously in-depth exploration of the main character's soul, fearless and controversial. the author did get sued by his 'research subject'.

  
  

  sayuri, the main character, is made to convey a huge variety of feelings, and it is the descriptions of those feelings that i highlighted with my pen, ones i relate to completely and which i've never found in books before, perhaps intimate things are very difficult to write about. sayuri's wishes go through a lot of crushing, and for someone who is supposed to serve others, she does stick to her own goals a lot. but you know, in my world of career-minded women, it's nice to get the perspective of a geisha, someone who is taught to be a jewel to look at and who is there at the end of the day to comfort, restore and understand others.

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