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Memoirs of a geisha : a novel

Memoirs of A Geisha is an epic drama about the remote and shimmeringly exotic world of Sayuri, one of Japanʹs most celebrated geishas. The novel has been a beloved bestseller all over the world and is now set to become the major movie event of the year. The film stars Asiaʹs most celebrated movie stars including Zhang Ziyi (House of Flying Daggers; Hero), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Gong Li (Raise The Red Lantern), and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.

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  • "Memoirs of A Geisha is an epic drama about the remote and shimmeringly exotic world of Sayuri, one of Japanʹs most celebrated geishas. The novel has been a beloved bestseller all over the world and is now set to become the major movie event of the year. The film stars Asiaʹs most celebrated movie stars including Zhang Ziyi (House of Flying Daggers; Hero), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Gong Li (Raise The Red Lantern), and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess."@en
  • "The story of a young girl's transformation into a geisha. But as World War II erupts and the geisha houses are forced to close, Sayuri must reinvent herself all over again to find a rare kind of freedom on her own terms."
  • "A fisherman's daughter in 1930s Japan rises to become a famous geisha. After training, Sayuri's virginity is sold to the highest bidder, then the school finds her a general for a patron. When he dies, she is reunited with the only man she loved."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "History"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Memoirs of a geisha : a novel"@en
  • "Memoirs of a geisha : a novel"
  • "Mit liv som geisha : roman"@da
  • "Mit liv som geisha : roman"
  • "Memuary geĭshi : [roman]"
  • "MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA"
  • "Memoirs of a Geisha"@en
  • "Memoari jedne gejše"
  • "Memorie di una geisha : romanzo"@it
  • "Wyznania gejszy"
  • "Memuary geǐsi"
  • "Memoirs of a geisha"
  • "Die Geisha Roman"

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