Memoirs of a Geisha

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• Memoirs of a Geisha By Arthur Golden

  Arthur Golden's luminous novel debuts on the big screenA dapting any book for the screen is a tricky process, but surely no material has presented a greater challenge than Arthur Golden's brilliant debut novel, Memoirs of a Geisha. First published in ... (read full critics)

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• Memoirs of a Geisha

  Desert Isle Keeper Review Memoirs of a Geisha This is the fictional tale of a geisha, the high-class counterpart of a Japanese prostitute, who rose to fame in the city of Gion in the late 1930s. Plucked from a tiny fishing village when she was nine, ... (read full critics)

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  I doubt Golden's novel is an accurate depiction of geisha's life, coz in the book geisha impresses me as nothing more than a sex object - albeit a high-class sex object. Of course I don't think the line between a geisha and a prostitute is that thin. Seriously, I am digusted by the book. I think I s ... (continue)

  I doubt Golden's novel is an accurate depiction of geisha's life, coz in the book geisha impresses me as nothing more than a sex object - albeit a high-class sex object. Of course I don't think the line between a geisha and a prostitute is that thin. Seriously, I am digusted by the book. I think I should read the autobiography by Mineko, a true geisha whom Golden based his character(s) on.

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  larukucafe said on Jun 14, 2006 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Sad and dark story. By the time I finished the book I had come to the conclusion that Geishas are just exploited girls..call whatever you want but in the end it is just pitiful how the whole system work to exploit women..

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  Annam_Mathews said on Jul 6, 2006 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I didn't like the ending so much, for it was the one I'd been fearing. Actually, it turned out better than I expected. Besides that, I quite enjoyed the book ;|

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  Alz said on Jul 15, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  The novel is beautifully written, about a girl's journey becoming a Geisha in Kyoto.
  I read the novel around 2002/3, with the movie releasing a few years after. The movie is quite disappointing when comparing to the book.

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  Angelamaris said on Mar 30, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Below expectations.

  Surprisingly rather boring and shallow. Characters don't arch and tend to be rather flat. The reader can have an idea about what was Gion before the Second World War and being a geisha, but all in all not too interesting.

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  Clara Mazzi said on Feb 28, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Beautiful Novel

  I read this book a few years ago and I simply loved it. Unlike the movie, the book goes into deep details on the life of a Geisha and its historical facts. Besides being beautifully written, it also made you search for more about Geishas.

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  MirianSilva said on Feb 2, 2011 | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 037570440X
• ISBN-13: 9780375704406
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1999
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