Memoirs Of A Geisha

A Seductive And Evocative Epic On An Intimate Scale, That Tells The Extraordinary Story Of A Geisha Girl. Summoning Up More Than Twenty Years Of Japan'S Most Dramatic History, It Uncovers A Hidden World Of Eroticism And Enchantment, Exploitation And Degradation. From A Small Fishing Village In 1929, The Tale Moves To The Glamorous And Decadent Heart Of Kyoto In The 1930S, Where A Young Peasant Girl Is Sold As Servant And Apprentice To A Renowned Geisha House. She Tells Her Story Many Years Later From The Waldorf Astoria In New York; It Exquisitely Evokes Another Culture, A Different Time And The Details Of An Extraordinary Way Of Life. It Conjures Up The Perfection And The Ugliness Of Life Behind Rice-Paper Screens, Where Young Girls Learn The Arts Of Geisha - Dancing And Singing, How To Wind The Kimono, How To Walk And Pour Tea, And How To Beguile The Most Powerful Men

Softcover. English. Chatto and Windus. 1997. ISBN: 9780701166748. 434pp. In fair/good condition.