Memoirs of a Geisha – DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version, HD Ready:720p (Super Quality)
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IMDB rating: 7.00 Plot: In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto’s Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo’s bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha’s mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha’s world are forever changed by the onslaught of history. |
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Books that don't take place in North America?
I need a good book that doesn’t take place in Canada or the States
already read Memoirs of a Geisha The Kite Runner, a thousand splendid suns, the in-between worlds of Vikram Lall and the other boleyn girl
its for advanced english so it has to be a really good one! lol oh and I cant do anything like Dracula
thanks so much!!
cathrl69 the class is advanced english and i was asking for recommendations for novels that were well written and worth reading. I want to read a novel that is meaningful, not just any novel published outside of Canada.
There are 2 very good books by Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson, and both have been translated to English. They take place in Stockholm, Sweden. One is called "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" and the other one is "The Girl who Played with Fire." Of the two, I preferred "The Girl who Played with Fire."
marybuko | Nov 08, 2009
Almost every single book ever published in the UK?
Surely someone capable of "advanced English" could think of that?
cathrl69 | Nov 08, 2009
Read "Cry, the Beloved Country", which takes place in South Africa. Or "The Hero’s Walk", which takes place in India. Or "Doctor Zhivago", which takes place in Russia.
MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING | Nov 08, 2009
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Europe and mostly the Congo)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Germany and Switzerland)
All three are good and relativley short but provide a lot of material for commentary. Also commonly read at the university/college level.
brainamp | Nov 08, 2009
Lord of the Flies!
A Tale of Two Cities
Life of Pi
The Invisible Man
The War of the Worlds
The Scorpion God
The Day of the Triffids
I’ve read Lord of the Flies and Invisible Man but some of these books are books I am looking forward to read. I am sure all of them hold great stories as they are pretty well known.
Fred H | Nov 08, 2009
Any of the books of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, especially ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Also, the novels of Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Franz Kafka (like THE TRIAL), Victor Hugo (LES MESIBLES), SHOGUN by James Clavell (feudal Japan), and there are lots of mysteries that take places in Europe: Cara Black (Paris), Iain Rankin (Edinburgh), etc
Herschel | Nov 08, 2009
You can read "Say You’re One of Them". It’s a collection of fictional short stories that take place in Africa. From what I’ve heard it’s pretty good and lots of people are reading it. The Diary of Anne Frank, The Reader, The Bonesetter’s Daughter.
Also, I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and it was AMAZING, I loved it so much.
KatDee | Nov 08, 2009
INKHEART i believe
Rosalie | Nov 08, 2009
"The White Tiger" doesn’t take place in North America and it is really good.
Alice C | Nov 08, 2009