MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
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Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess. At nine, in a 1929 poor fishing village, she is sold to a geisha house, the buyer attracted by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. In Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto, she works to pay back the price of her purchase, while learning music, dance, elaborate costumes and cosmetics, and maintaining a... More
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Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Binding | Paperback (82 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 400 |
ISBN-10 | 0701166746 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0701166748 |
Publication Date | /1997 |
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2/19/2009 Cathy Eads said: Oh my gosh. So eye opening. So beautifully and passionately written. So culturally vivid. Loved every word. Can't see the movie or fear the images will make me relive to vividly the pain that came through in the novel.
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