Books
by Arthur Golden
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Memoirs of a Geisha |
Amazing - a novel by an American man, purporting to be by a geisha about her life in 1930s-50s Japan. Obviously incredibly well researched, it reads as complete truth and I had to keep reminding myself that it was in fact a novel. The story itself is not particularly exciting, but the vivid portrayal of a life, time and place I knew nothing about kept me turning every one of the 429 pages with fascination.
(Julie Higgins - bwl 10 August 2001) |
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