Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
'An epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' The Times A young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house.
Exceptional and erotic * Literary Review *
Intimate and brutal, written in cool, lucid prose it is a novel whose psychological empathy and historical truths are outstanding * Mail on Sunday *
This book is exceptional * Daily Mail *
Intimate and brutal, written in cool, lucid prose it is a novel whose psychological empathy and historical truths are outstanding * Mail on Sunday *
This book is exceptional * Daily Mail *
Arthur Golden was born and brought up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is a 1978 graduate of Harvard College with a degree in art history, specialising in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an MA in Japanese history from Columbia where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. In 1988 he received an MA in English from Boston. He has lived and worked in Japan, but now lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099552147 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099552140 |
| Title | Memoirs of a Geisha |
| Author | Arthur Golden |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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