Memoirs of a Geisha
A Novel
by Arthur Golden
Recommended by Rupi Kaur and Alice Little
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in About Japan, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.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 traine...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in About Japan, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
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Alice Little
“The author uses language that is very, very rich and colorful. You can really immerse yourself into that world and kind of get a sense of what things were like, at that time.”
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