{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-geisha-a-novel-by-golden-arthur-paperback-1999","title":"Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Golden, Arthur, Paperback 1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetailed item info\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut\" (\"Newsweek\"), \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" is now released in a movie tie-in edition., A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it. In Memoirs of a Geisha , we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful and completely unforgettable.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Identifiers\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10 0679781587\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13 9780679781585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey Details\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Arthur Golden\u003cbr\u003eNumber Of Pages 448 pages\u003cbr\u003eSeries Vintage Contemporaries\u003cbr\u003eFormat Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date 1999-01-10\u003cbr\u003eLanguage English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdditional Details\u003cbr\u003eCopyright Date 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions\u003cbr\u003eWeight 10.9 Oz\u003cbr\u003eHeight 1 In.\u003cbr\u003eWidth 5.3 In.\u003cbr\u003eLength 8 In.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Audience\u003cbr\u003eGroup Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassification Method\u003cbr\u003eLCCN 98-026449\u003cbr\u003eLC Classification Number PS3557.O35926M45\u003cbr\u003eDewey Decimal 813.54\u003cbr\u003eDewey Edition 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003eReviews \"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely.\" Washington Post Book World \"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut.\" Newsweek \"A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance.\" The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCertain data records © 2017 Bowker. Rights in cover images reserved by owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: some shelf wear around the edges\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41849903700,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1170\/6964\/products\/35_4_b24e225f-e761-4f65-a273-6dc1ac110ad0.jpg?v=1495656184","url":"https:\/\/gbcsales.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-geisha-a-novel-by-golden-arthur-paperback-1999","provider":"GBC Sales ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}