Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden | One of my favorite novels!

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Memoirs of a Geisha

	Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden Vintage, 2005 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 2475 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.

We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha's elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. 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.

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beautiful

The author does an incredible job at keeping the reader "hooked." i could not bring myself to put it down....when i finished the book, i wanted to learn more about geishas and their cultures.....this is a must read.

One of my favorite novels!

This is a wonderfully written story about the life of a young Japanese girl that suffers a lot but becomes the best she can be. Everyone I know that has read this loves it as much as I do. The writer captures your interest right away and before you know it, you're living in Japan, during the war. I saw the movie after reading this book and was very disappointed with the movie. There is just too much to try and convey on the big screen. Treat yourself to some "me" time and read this wonderful story.

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Awesome writing style..my absolutely favorite book

Just read an excerpt..or the first page and you will see that it pulls you into the story immediately and it never lets you go. I was never bored and fell so deeply into this story and into the imagery and emotion that I wish I could find another book that could take me on a such a journey as this book did. I've been searching but have not found its likeness. I was blown away that this story was written by a man and not by a Japanese Geisha.

Very Well written.

This book was thrilling and quite detailed. While it may not be considered an accurate depiction in the views of a true geisha it is still quite entertaining and very well written. Hard to put down once you start reading it. The movie did not do it justice.

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