by Arthur Golden · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679781585
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«Memoirs of a Geisha» is the historical novel by Arthur Golden, published by Vintage in paperback (434 pages, in English).
Nitta Sayuri, a girl sold to a geisha house in 1929, narrates her life in the first person: her apprenticeship in the traditional arts —dance, music, kimono and makeup— and her rivalry with another geisha for the favour of powerful men in the Gion district of Kyoto, with the Second World War as a backdrop.
Memoirs of a Geisha is Arthur Golden's debut novel. The Vintage edition belongs to the Vintage Contemporaries collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and book clubs interested in Japanese culture.
Arthur Sulzberger Golden is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).
