Madam Butterfly

Madam Butterfly

Rei Kimura

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Editorial:
Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2020
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789353174897
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THIS IS THE DRAMATIC AND YET POIGNANT STORY OF THAT BACKSTAGE LIFE WHICH STARTED AND ENDED IN NAGASAKI. WE LIVE CHO CHO SAN’S LIFE FROM A TEA HOUSE HOSTESS WHO MORPHED INTO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT GEISHA OF MARUYAMA LANE AND CAUGHT THE EYE OF AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER BENJAMIN PINKERTON. WERE THEY EVER MARRIED? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO CHO CHO AFTER PINKERTON LEFT HER TO RETURN TO AMERICA? AND WHAT OF THE SON KEN PINKERTON SHE BORE HIM? DECADES LATER, A NEWLY ARRIVED KIND HEARTED MIDWEST AMERICAN WOMAN WHO HAD NEVER FACED A DAY OF COMPLICATED SITUATIONS IN HER LIFE THUS FAR LISTENED TO THE STORY OF CHO CHO SAN, MESMERIZED. ही गोष्ट आहे जपानच्या एका फुलपाखरासारख्या नाजूक मदाम, च्यो-च्योची. 20व्या शतकाच्या पूर्वार्धातील अमेरिकी प्रभावातल्या जपानी वातावरणातलं हे कथाबीज. स्वयंभू, आत्मनिर्भर च्यो-च्यो कष्टाळू जपानी स्त्रीचं मूर्तिमंत उदाहरण.. एका अमेरिकी माणसासोबत ती प्रेमानं संसार थाटते. पण आयुष्यातले कष्ट कमी होण्याऐवजी तिच्या आयुष्यात नव्या प्रश्नांची भर पडते. जीवनातल्या चढउतारांना कणखरपणे सामोरं जाणारी च्यो च्यो ती सारी आव्हाने पेलते. पण या फुलपाखराला जणू दुर्दैवाचा शापच असतो. तिचा अमेरिकी नवरा पुन्हा नवं वादळ घेऊन तिच्या आयुष्यात येतो..आणि आयुष्याची घटी पुन्हा विस्कटते. आत

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