A Woman of Pleasure: A Novel

by Kiyoko Murata

Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator)

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An unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real-life historic Japanese courtesan strike

In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi and the others to think clearly...Read more
  • ISBN10 1640095799
  • ISBN13 9781640095793
  • Publish Date 27 February 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 16 January 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Counterpoint