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Synopsis
Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut ( Newsweek ), Memoirs of a Geisha is now released in a movie tie-in edition., 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.

Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0679781587
ISBN-13 9780679781585

Key Details
Author Arthur Golden
Number Of Pages 448 pages
Series Vintage Contemporaries
Format Paperback
Publication Date 1999-01-10
Language English
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year 1999

Additional Details
Copyright Date 1997

Dimensions
Weight 10.9 Oz
Height 1 In.
Width 5.3 In.
Length 8 In.

Target Audience
Group Trade

Classification Method
LCCN 98-026449
LC Classification Number PS3557.O35926M45
Dewey Decimal 813.54
Dewey Edition 22

Reviews
Reviews Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely. Washington Post Book World Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut. Newsweek A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance. The New Yorker

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