by Arthur Golden · Sitak Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375726040
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«Memoirs of a Geisha» is Arthur Golden's historical fiction novel, published by Sitak Publishing in paperback (428 pages, in English).
Set in interwar Japan, it follows Nitta Sayuri, a nine-year-old girl sold to a geisha house in Kyoto. The novel recounts her training in traditional arts —music, dance, kimono— and her struggle to make her way in a world of rivalries, appearances, and strict codes where love proves hard to attain.
The narrative begins in 1929 in a fishing village and extends through World War II. Originally published in 1997.
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in 20th-century Japan.
Arthur Sulzberger Golden is an American writer. He is the author of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (1997).
