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Memoirs of a Geisha

Written by: Arthur Golden
Narrated by: Elaina Erika Davis
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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 (P)1999 Random House, Inc.
Literary Fiction
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What the critics say

"Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance." (The New Yorker)
"Captivating, minutely imagined...You are seduced completely." (Washington Post Book World)

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Love everything!!

This is my favourite movie and now my favourite book… great narrative… just wish the book was longer ♥️❤️

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love the book. dont love the narrator

the book itself is really great. The narrator is obviously not Japanese and taking on a very forced, fake japanese accent. It's painful. I wished I had read the comments as I didn't realise until now that this is an abridged version. Do not recommend

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