by Arthur Golden · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099498186
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«Memoirs of a Geisha» is Arthur Golden's historical novel, published by Vintage in paperback (512 pages, in English).
The novel tells the life of a Japanese peasant girl who, sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the 1930s, learns dance, song and the art of captivating powerful men. Narrated from the Waldorf Astoria in New York, the story spans more than two decades of change in Japan and portrays the beauty and exploitation of the geisha world.
Film tie-in edition linked to the cinematic adaptation, published in December 2005; the original novel appeared in 1997.
For readers of historical and contemporary fiction, especially those interested in 20th-century Japan and geisha culture.
Arthur Sulzberger Golden is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).
