This is a seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, which tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degredation. From a small fishing village...
Die achtjährige Chiyo lebt in einem armseligen Fischernest. Als die Mutter im Sterben liegt, verkauft der Vater seine Tochter, die mit ihren grauen Augen eine aussergewöhnliche Schönheit zu werden verspricht, an ein Geisha-Haus in der alten Kaiserstadt Kyoto. In dieser Okiya durchleidet sie im mörde...
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
'An epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' The Times
Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, Memoirs of a Geisha uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation.
Golden's internationally bestselling literary tour de force is now the subject of Columbia Picture/DreamWorks's film adaptation, starring Ziyi Zhang ("House of Flying Daggers") and directed by Rob Marshall ("Chicago"), set for nationwide release on December 9, 2005. Unabridged. 15 CDs.
