“MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA” is a story written by ARTHUR GOLDEN about the journey of a girl who becomes a geisha.
A young nine year old girl named Chiyo who comes from a small fishing village and will be sold to a geisha house as a servant, as she was subjected to cruel treatment of its owners. Her stunning beauty will be both a gift and a curse, as it attracts the jealousy of the main geisha of the house (Hatsumomo), who tries tortures and mistreats her, until she is saved by an offer from a popular geisha named Mameha, Hatsumomo’s rival, to be taken under her wings and be transformed into a talented geisha.
As she later on describes the world she enters as a renowned geisha, the wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. Until World war 2 erupts and everything in her world changes forever.
It’s a story of sufferance, love, beauty and destiny. Memoirs of a geisha was the first book I’ve read in English and I was sucked in by this world as it is so different , in time and place, the author did a awesome job describing every situation , feeling , and struggle she had . It’s by far my favorite Book. It was also made as a movie by the same name; it was good but not as much as the book. I recommend reading the book first so as not to be limited by the dimension of the characters in the movie. I hope you enjoy it.
A young nine year old girl named Chiyo who comes from a small fishing village and will be sold to a geisha house as a servant, as she was subjected to cruel treatment of its owners. Her stunning beauty will be both a gift and a curse, as it attracts the jealousy of the main geisha of the house (Hatsumomo), who tries tortures and mistreats her, until she is saved by an offer from a popular geisha named Mameha, Hatsumomo’s rival, to be taken under her wings and be transformed into a talented geisha.
As she later on describes the world she enters as a renowned geisha, the wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. Until World war 2 erupts and everything in her world changes forever.
It’s a story of sufferance, love, beauty and destiny. Memoirs of a geisha was the first book I’ve read in English and I was sucked in by this world as it is so different , in time and place, the author did a awesome job describing every situation , feeling , and struggle she had . It’s by far my favorite Book. It was also made as a movie by the same name; it was good but not as much as the book. I recommend reading the book first so as not to be limited by the dimension of the characters in the movie. I hope you enjoy it.
I've seen the movie great story
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