|  Memoirs
of a Geisha (Unabridged)
What the
Critics Say
"Astonishing...Breathtaking...You
are seduced completely."
(Washington Post
Book World)
"...a bravura
performance, a first
novel that provides
a vivid view into
a largely lost and
secret world."
(The Los Angeles
Times Sunday Book
Review)
Publisher's
Summary
Nitta Sayuri tells
us in a voice at
once haunting and
startlingly immediate
of her life as a
geisha. Her story
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 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.
©1997 Arthur
Golden; Copyright
©1998 by Random
House, Inc.
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