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Q: Is Arthur S. Golden Jewish? (Score: 1)
by krome on Thursday, April 01 @ 14:44:09 EST
(User Info | Send a Message) | http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/oralhistories2.cfm?trg6=G
Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College, where he received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an M.A. in Japanese history from Columbia University, where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. Following a summer at Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo, and, after returning to the United States, earned an M.A. in English from Boston University. He resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.
http://www.historyuniverse.com/history-24.html
Either way, this excerpt is patently absurd. My god... Arthur needs to be burned at the stake for this ridiculously self-serving fantasy shyt. You should post your satire and comments on its Amazon reviews, Andrew.
Well, it's only a matter of time before Edward Zwick makes a movie out of this too - The Last Geisha, right? And, I'm sure Tom Cruise can play the heroic last WHITE Samurai who gets to save and bone her in this one too...while killing all the "evil Jap men!" |
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Re: Memoirs of a Geisha (Score: 1)
by kimkam on Thursday, April 01 @ 15:00:28 EST
(User Info | Send a Message) | I re-read the excerpt. Ok, got your point.
Guess I'll research the book again and see what criticisms AA lit crits might have had. I always thought this was a 'safe' book. I guess I bought the NYT Book Review hype of it. The critic there thought this was the greatest thing in print since, I dunno, the bible and he seemed somewhat aware of stereotypes and things so that gave him more credibility in my mind. (It's kind of my job to keep note of good Asian/Asian Amer. writers to recommend to students). Send me names if you got 'em. |
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