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This story is a rare and utterly engaging experience. It tells the extraordinary story of a geisha -summoning up a quarter century from 1929 to the post-war years of Japan's dramatic history, and opening a window into a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. A young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Her memoirs conjure up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the land's most powerful men.
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SKU | GOR003100724 |
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Title | Memoirs of a Geisha |
Author | By (author) Arthur Golden |
Condition | VERYGOOD |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Vintage |
Year Published | 1998 |
Number of Pages | 448 |
ISBN 10 | 0099771519 |
ISBN 13 | 9780099771517 |
Edition | N/A |
Prizes | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. |
Cover Note: | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual cover or edition may vary. |
Note: | This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us. |
Ex Library | No |
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This story is a rare and utterly engaging experience. It tells the extraordinary story of a geisha -summoning up a quarter century from 1929 to the post-war years of Japan's dramatic history, and opening a window into a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. A young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Her memoirs conjure up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the land's most powerful men. - Additional Information
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SKU GOR003100724 Title Memoirs of a Geisha Author By (author) Arthur Golden Condition VERYGOOD Binding Type Paperback Publisher Vintage Year Published 1998 Number of Pages 448 ISBN 10 0099771519 ISBN 13 9780099771517 Edition N/A Prizes Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Cover Note: Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual cover or edition may vary. Note: This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us. Ex Library No