Memoirs of a Geisha in Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Mar 16, 2008 Vesra (When She Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, finished, country-black, movie-tie-ins, literary, 1001-books, list-chapters-indigo-readers-choic, favorites, read-2008, pub-seal-books

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It took me a while to finish reading this book because I was indulging myself word per word. This book isn't the type of novel you should rush through. Regardless, the fact it is wrong in some places, like the part where Arthur Golden mentioned about the "mizuage", the book pulled you in like a few other books could do. Plus it took me a while to actually pick up this book and I must admit I did watch the movie first, then read it, cause I don't want to be disappointed with the movie. The book i ...more

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Jul 18, 2007 Anna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Arthur Golden made a great effort to show geishas' world from the inside and from American (Westener) point of view. Book explains relations between geishas, owners of teahouses and geishas' houses in a way that a laic can understand. It shows a difference between real Geisha , lower class geisha and a prostitute.

Becoming geisha is a hard work and not every girl that goes to geisha house will become one. Learning to dance, paint, to have a nice and itelligent conversation, sing, but also nig ...more

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Jul 28, 2007 Jennifer King Durrant rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-faves

The Japanese culture has always fascinated me! My cousin has lived there for nearly 30 years and has always shared bits of the Land of the Rising Sun through her stories and trinkets (Hello Kitty!!)
But this book further sparked my interest in Japan and the once capitol of Kyoto. This book became all the more real when I walked the actual streets of Kyoto in 2006. Wandering the streets with thousands of others during the Gion Festival, I actually found, and photographed, an actual Geisha. Beauti ...more

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Feb 27, 2008 Julia rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Jul 18, 2007 Joanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

Talk about getting swept up. There's no way that you don't get swept up in this wonderfully written tale that takes you back to the heyday of the geishas in Japan. Absolutely gorgeous book, the people, the culture, the writing - gorgeous! ...more

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