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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2005, Hardcover)

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We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the childs unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Large Print

ISBN-100739326228

ISBN-139780739326220

eBay Product ID (ePID)48248448

Product Key Features

Book TitleMemoirs of a Geisha

Number of Pages768 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicLiterary, Historical

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreFiction

AuthorArthur Golden

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight37.4 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely." -Washington Post Book World "Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut." -Newsweek "A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance." -The New Yorker From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Decimal813.54

Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisThis literary tour de force follows the life of Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess. The story begins when Sayuri is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes., "Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut" ("Newsweek"), "Memoirs of a Geisha" is now released in a movie tie-in edition.