Joined: 28 Nov 2002 Posts: 3286 Location: Ten Carat 5-19-1 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012, Japan Country:
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject:
MixxDreamer wrote:
frills? whats it about?
im currently reading hot gimmick vol.7
dunno haven't read it yet
but here's an exerpt:
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction--at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful--and completely unforgettable.
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million girls would die for." Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
The Devid Wears Prada gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to plaints about "The Boss from Hell."
Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 580 Location: South of France Country:
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:41 am Post subject:
Since I am supposed to have time during this short holidays, my teacher told me told me to read a book.
First, I was thinking that the book would be boring and when you start reading a book and you already think that the book is boring, it's hard to finish it.
But this book is really interesting, it compare french companies, american companies, japanese, and companies from netherland. It compares how employees are working and the different working policy in the different countries.
I haven't read the netherland part, and I don't know if the american is really true or not (you'll can tell me if you read it), but I was really surprised by the french part. What the author says is uncredibly true. It's really amazing how french companies can work with such frenchies.
There is one word for employees of each country :
For America : Fair, Fairness
For Japanese : Loyalty
For French : Honor
For Netherland : Justice
If I give you an english translation (bad translation like my english, but I do my best) of the book, it would be :
"The Honor of the Logic", by Philippe d'Iribarne. (La logique de l'honneur)
This book could be good for people who study business, for people who want to work abroad, or for people who want to learn more about other cultures.
I have another thing to say, "Da Vincy code" is really a big fake. I can't finish this book because everything is wrong. _________________
Magic words :
-= MuSe =- -= Japan =- -= California =-
-= Hawaii =- -=Soccer, Judo =- -= Aya, Rina =-
-= Judo =- -= Hugo Boss =- -= Bmw, Audi =-
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million girls would die for." Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
The Devid Wears Prada gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to plaints about "The Boss from Hell."
i read this book and in the middle of it hard to keep going. sounds like this character just keep whining and complain about so many things about being a secretary. but her boss is really nightmare. oh my. i don't know how to describe. she has got to be the worst boss in fiction.
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 1529 Location: United States Country:
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:08 am Post subject:
Finished up Dark Water by Koji Suzuki a week or so back. There were some really chilling moments that got my heart racing and made me read faster to finish the stories (it's a compliation of short stories revolving around, who would have thought, water). Good stuff.
I'm currently reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I'm pretty sure the title was inspired by Peter Pan's Neverland since it does take place in London where it leads to a fantasy-type world. I'm only about 50 pages deep, but it's some really interesting stuff. Gaiman sure has a weird way of writing with TONS of run on sentences. Or maybe they're just sentences that never end?
I just read on the FG forums that one of my all time favorite authors, Haruki Murakami, just had his latest book translated and released about a week ago. It was called �C�ӂ̃J�t�J, or Kafka on the Beach, IIRC. I'll probably pick this one up once I done with the current stuff I have in my queue. I just gotta wait for it to come out on paperback.
Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 3779 Location: so. cali, USA Country:
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:37 am Post subject:
zchendevlemh wrote:
dunno haven't read it yet
but here's an exerpt:
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction--at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful--and completely unforgettable.
i got the book in my shelves and i read the first chapters, its kinda boring maybe ill wait for the movie first if its good then ill read the book _________________
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 97 Location: the darkside of the moon Country:
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:32 pm Post subject: books?!
wow, it's nice to see that people still read these days...
i haven't had time to read for pleasure in a while, school gives me enough to read when i decide to be good and do it. The last book i read for pleasure though was The Key by Tanizaki Junichiro. Great book about a man and his wife and the pretty twisted mind games that they play with each other.
After this quarter ends though i'm hopefully will have time to start/finish,
either The Unberable lightness of Being by Kundera, or if i can find a translation, i really want to read La dame aux Camellias by Alexander Dumas Fils. Its the novel which Verdi's La Traviata is based on (libretto by Francesco Marie Piave), which is an amazing piece of composition both the libretto and the score, so i'd love to read the source material, especailly considering it's for the most part based on a true story.
But seriously, where is Potato Magazine from, I've never heard of it before.
-PCM
nah..it's one of those Japanese Idol Magazine..I know it sounded pretty funny..hahahhaa..But it's the truth..the name is Potato..more or less like this magazine..yeah..it's a fangirl mag..and I like it..LMAO..
Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Earth, East coast (miss the West) Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:
A book called Toyer. Don't try hard to look for it. You may find it dusting somewhere in your neighborhood library. I bought it from the $ store about 3 years ago. I think I have 10 pgs. left 'til it's finished.
(The truth is, I keep reading other books in between. Toyer is so interesting - it's just so hard to continue reading, though it does have it's moments.)
-Too bad you can't see my sarcastic expression. Oy!
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