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A special celebratory edition to mark the 21st birthday of Vintage books.
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This is a seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, which tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York; it exquisitely evokes another culture, a different time and the details of an extraordinary way of life. It conjures up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the most powerful men.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is an absolutely fabulous book, one of my top ten of all time. I think the film is a good adaption of the book but does not do it justice. A must read book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
It's been a while since I read this book and I probably need to read it again - liked it that much. I won't repeat the dissection of the plot except to say that, when reading the book, my imagination was fired up by the descriptions of the richly coloured clothing and this fascinating, rigidly structured, extremely formal world of the geisha. I bought the DVD and was severely disappointed by the drabness (half the time couldn't even see what was going on). So I would recommend the book, rather than the film.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Read this book quite a while ago but absolutely loved it.
Drawn in to the story and characters straight from the start and was swept along to the end.
Do read the book before seeing the film as the book is so much better.
Drawn in to the story and characters straight from the start and was swept along to the end.
Do read the book before seeing the film as the book is so much better.
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Excellent read
Having watched the movie several years ago, I thought it was time to read it now that I have a kindle. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mr. D. S. Bassett
Memoirs of a Geisha
Fantastic book, this gives a great insight into the secret world of a Geisha. I really enjoyed it and would now like to see the film to see if they did the book justice.
Published 16 days ago by sarahw
kimonos and tea
Despite the unpromising title (the word 'memoir' always suggests a boring read to me), this book is one of my favourites. Read more
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amazing read
This is my favourite book of all time!! love going back and reading it again and again. So beautifully written.
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One of my favourites
This is one of my favourites of all time. The story has so many twists and turns and is very well written. A must for all women to enjoy.
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