Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Paperback Book

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Author: Arthur Golden

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback, Abridged-CD

Publisher: Random House

Published: Nov 2005

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $45.00

Discs: 15

Synopsis

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. Simultaneous. (A Columbia Pictures film, directed by Rob Marshall, releasing Winter 2005, starring Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, & Gong Li) (Historical Fiction)

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