A Woman of Pleasure
Kiyoko Murata
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
07 March 2024Imprint: Footnote Press
Synopsis
'Irrefutable and beautiful' New York Times
'Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world' YOKO OGAWA, author of The Memory Police, Yomiuri Shibun
The year is 1903, and tenacious and spirited Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan, becoming the protégée of Shinonome, the oiran, or the highest-ranking courtesan.
Through Shinonome's teachings, fifteen-year-old Ichi begins to understand the intertwined...
'Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world' YOKO OGAWA, author of The Memory Police, Yomiuri Shibun
The year is 1903, and tenacious and spirited Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan, becoming the protégée of Shinonome, the oiran, or the highest-ranking courtesan.
Through Shinonome's teachings, fifteen-year-old Ichi begins to understand the intertwined...
Details
07 March 2024320 pages
9781804440889Imprint: Footnote Press
Reviews
Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs throughout the book. Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this worldYoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police, Yomiuri Shibun
Vivid, humane, and fresh, Murata's compelling tale of youth, sisterhood and society's treatment of women sings in Winters Carpenter's translationPolly Barton, author of Fifty Sounds