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Sep 23, 1997 · Memoirs of a Geisha. Arthur Golden. 4.15. 2,017,711 ratings36,504 reviews. A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II.
Jan 10, 1999 · 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. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
About Memoirs of a Geisha. 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. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
'Memoirs of a Geisha' is narrated by a geisha named Sayuri and the book is about the struggles, pain and the tragedy she had to go through physically, emotionally and mentally to become one of the most famous geisha of Gion overcoming all the misfortunes that came across her path.
Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder;...
Books. Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel. Arthur Golden. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 - Fiction - 434 pages. An alluring tour de force: a brilliant debut novel told with seamless authenticity and...
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....
Jan 31, 1999 · With the long-awaited screen adaptation directed by Rob Marshall ("Chicago") coming next month, Arthur Golden's original novel is certainly worth a second look as it remains one of the deepest and most convincing immersions into a foreign culture, the highly complex and mythologized world of the Japanese geisha.
Nov 22, 2005 · Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive. From the Trade Paperback edition.
