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| Memoirs of a Geisha | 
 enlarge | Author: Arthur Golden
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2477 reviews
Sales Rank: 5667
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1400096898
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400096893
ASIN: 1400096898
Publication Date: November 22, 2005
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 AN EXCELLENT NOVEL November 19, 1997
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was an excellent book! It has been a while since I've not been able to put a book down! This beautifully written novel contains a story which is touching to the heart as well as gives the audience a great perspective of the Japanese geisha culture. Definitely worth reading!!!
 A Beautifully written, lyrical book! November 15, 1997
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the best, hard to put down books I have read in a long time. It is beautifully written, lyrical and stays with you long after you have put the book to rest on your book shelf.
Set aside a quiet weekend; you won't want to leave it. November 10, 1997
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sit back and immerse yourself in another time and place like slipping into a silky hot bath. Close your eyes and let the sights, sounds, and smells of pre-war Japan surround you. An amazingly detailed and enjoyable read -- the kind of book I always look for but seldom find. Many thanks to the author for one of the most enjoyable books I have read in months.
"Geisha" is an entertaining tale of an era gone by. November 5, 1997
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wonderfully told tale of a girl who grows up in a fishing village to become a successful geisha in Gion, a geisha district in Kyoto. The story has been told before of a young, poor girl rising to success through perseverance and luck; but the setting and time period is unique. Entertaining read.
Read it and Weep! October 30, 1997
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would compare this to Amy Tan's books, although not quite as good. Arthur Golden gives terrific details into the life of Sayuri a Geisha living in Gion, the Geisha capital of Japan in the early/mid 1900's. The reader gets and inside view of a Geisha's life. Pretty it isn't. His details on a Geisha's clothing, etiquette, and day-to-day lives are quite vivid and the reader has no problem visualizing Sayuri's cruel lot in life. The book is quite sentimental and has moments of triteness, but I would recommend it for it's desriptive details of a Geisha's life. However, if you are interested in Japanese historical fiction I would also recommend James Clavell's Shogun - one of my alltime favorites!!
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