Memoirs of a Geisha

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism...
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Author: Arthur Golden
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden, Arthur

Memoirs of a Geisha

$203.21

Memoirs of a Geisha

$203.21
Author: Arthur Golden
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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

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.

Author: Arthur Golden
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/10/1999
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780679781585

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 31
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 44554 / Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel


Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/14/1999 pg. 32
New York Times 06/06/1999 pg. 52
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1442

About the Author

Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College, where he received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an M.A. in Japanese history from Columbia University, where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. Following a summer at Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo, and, after returning to the United States, earned an M.A. in English from Boston University. He resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.


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