Book :: Memoirs of a Geisha
| By: | Arthur Golden |
| Pages: | 434 |
| Published: | 1997 |
| Genre(s): | Historical Fiction |
| Romance | |
| Japan | |
| Rating: | (13) |
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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...
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lgpduluth
The story is well put together, beautiful; the novel crafts a story that is unlike most I have read and unlike most will get a glimpse of living in the west. Though not written by an actual Geisha, I trust the author's credentials enough to accept the gorgeous story as a peek into what the lives of the geisha could have been like.
Feb 11th, 2017
Fflwff Stwff
My favourite book ever. It provides a realist, juicy account of life for geisha in Japan and how the war took its toll on those who lived there. This book is a true masterpiece and I hope for the sake of future generations that people never stop reading it.
Mar 22nd, 2013
Jenluvsam
This was a wonderful book that I could not put down. I felt the movie did not do it justice
Mar 11th, 2013
Memoirs of a Geisha appears on these lists...
39th on Books You Can't Live Without by The Guardian
62nd on The Big Read by BBC
