by Arthur Golden · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253147947
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«Geisha» is the historical novel by Arthur Golden, published by Hachette in paperback (574 pages, in French).
The novel narrates the life of Chiyo, a girl sold by her father to a pleasure house in Kyoto in 1930s Japan. With her distinctive blue eyes, Chiyo undergoes a rigorous apprenticeship —makeup, tea ceremony, singing and dancing— to become a geisha under the name Sayuri, while navigating rivalries and dangers.
Originally published in 1997 as «Memoirs of a Geisha»; this French edition is from 2000.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in Japan, interested in geisha culture.
Arthur Sulzberger Golden is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).
