ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1958
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Robert Payne - The Barbarian and the Geisha
Signet, 1958
160 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro
#S1513 | Cover art by Baryé | Based on: the screenplay by Ellis St. Joseph |

Townsend Harris was the American envoy - a foreigner, strong, outspoken and fearless. Ok ichi was the number one Geisha - tiny and delicate, versed in the intricacies of oriental courtesy, trained to hate foreigners. She agreed to become his mistress in order to destroy him. But she fell in love and stayed to help him...

The story is based on the true story of American diplomat Townsend Harris, his life in Japan in 1850`s and 60`s, and his romance with a 17 year old Geisha named Okichi. Their story is one of the well known folk tales in Japan.
What the book promises is a love story, but nothing of that sort is going on here. Instead we see the political tug of war between America and Japan. Author has tried to make a detective novel type atmosphere, which doesn`t help much. So don`t get fooled by the word `Geisha` in the title -- she doesn`t have much of a role -- if it is Geisha that you are interested in, better seek something else.


Fiction, Historical Fiction