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Memoirs of a Geisha

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Memoirs of a GeishaA 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. Nominated as one of America's best loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read 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

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.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/10/1999
ISBN: 9780679781585
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee

Review Citations: New York Times 02/14/1999 pg. 32
New York Times 06/06/1999 pg. 52
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1442

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 44554 / Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
Reading Level: 6.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 31
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