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REVIEWS: Memoirs of a
Geisha
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Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
Goodreads
Book Companion
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.
Characters: 111. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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