Memoirs of a Geisha
About this audiobook
An extraordinarily vivid and beautifully written first novel exploring the hidden world of the geisha.
Memoirs of a Geisha is a rare and utterly engaging experience. The extraordinary tale of Sayuri, a young girl who grows up to become an acclaimed geisha, it spans a quarter of a century, from 1929 to the post-war years of Japan's dramatic history, and opens a window onto a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation.
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Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Golden attended Harvard University where he studied art history, specialising in Japanese Art. He went on to Columbia, earning a master’s degree in Japanese History and spent a summer studying in Beijing and working in Tokyo. Inspired by his interest in Japanese culture and history, Golden wrote the bestselling Memoirs of a Geisha over six years, seeing it finally published in 1997. In 2005 it was made into a feature film, garnering three Academy Awards.
