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Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

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Memoirs of a Geisha

A seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York; it exquisitely evokes another culture, a different time and the details of an extraordinary way of life. It conjures up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the most powerful men.

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  • 5 out of 5
    Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

    Very well written story. This is a book that I've read more then once - it's fantastic. It allows you to use your own imagination and go into the story of young girl and it is positively enchanting. You can start to picture in your mind what the story is saying. This book is certainly worth reading.

    Review by Ula Lukaszewska on 14:04, 04 Apr 2008

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ISBN

9780099498186

Published
December 1st 2005 by Vintage
Category
Modern Fiction
Number of pages
44
County of origin
UNITED KINGDOM

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