Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden, Fiction
Rating: 3/5

This is a beautifully written novel detailing the life of Sayuri, a nine-year old girl from a poor fishing village who eventually rose to fame as one of the most successful geishas in Japan. Golden has done a great deal of research in uncovering the historical facts behind a geisha’s way of life in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is enticing from the start and the reader will find himself rooting for Sayuri’s success through various adversities.

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