Memoirs of a Geisha

Golden, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0375400117 / ISBN 13: 9780375400117

Editore: Alfred A Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 1997

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First Printing. Octavo black cloth spine over oatmeal paper covered boards. 434 pp. plus biographical note on author and colophon. IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. A tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, tight, unclipped dust jacket. A handful of faint spots at top edge not affecting inerior and a touch of soil to lower board edge, else fine in a tight, crisp, dust jacket with slight compression mark on back panel. Very good plus to near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An attractive volume with a couple of minor flaws in very collectible condition. Codice articolo 09266

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Titolo: Memoirs of a Geisha

Casa editrice: Alfred A Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 1997

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine

Edizione: First Edition

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Riassunto:

The "memoirs" of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas describes how, in 1929, as a little girl, she is sold into slavery; her efforts to learn the arts of the geisha; the impact of World War II; and her struggle to reinvent herself to win the man she loves. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

Recensione:

"Astonishing . . . breathtaking . . . You are seduced completely." —Washington Post Book World

"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut." —Newsweek

"A story with the social vibrancy and narrative sweep of a much-loved 19th century bildungsroman. . . . This is a high-wire act. . . . Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance." —The New Yorker
From the Trade Paperback edition.