Memoirs of a Geisha, a 1997 novel by Arthur Golden, tells the story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, pre- and post-World War II. In this book, readers will explore the world of Sayuri, a renowned geisha who is worshiped by men and at the same time enslaved.
The novel starts with Sayuri’s childhood in a poor fishing village. When she is nine, a “talent scout” who sees and is amazed by her eyes buys her to be taken to Gion, a red-light district in Kyoto, Japan. As she grows up there and has to work to make the sum of money paid to buy her, Sayuri also has to learn the geisha skills. She learns music, dance, make up, kimono, and how to take care for the fragile coiffure. In short, readers will follow her transformation into a renowned geisha. In that later part of Sayuri’s life, she also faces a jealous rivalry with her magnanimous mentor.
Arthur Golden has successfully brings the life journey of Sayuri as a geisha into a unique, romantic, thrilling, and sometimes erotic novel.
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