Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
T h e b a s i c s Title: Memoirs of a Geisha Author: Arthur Golden Date Published: 1997 Genre: Historical fiction Rating: 3/5 Firstly, I want to say that I did actually enjoy this book. I found it quite slow and I wasn't emotionally invested in it at all...however I did find it interesting. Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel disguised as a memoir that follows a Japanese girl who is sold from her family to become a geisha pre WWII. The novel takes us through WWII and demonstrates the drastic effect that the war had on the Japanese culture. In Memoirs of a Geisha we are taken on a journey where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to charm the most powerful men; and where love is detrimental to ones success. Before I read this book, I had actually never heard of geisha and I didn't know anything about Japanese culture. When I mentioned this to Chris, my partner, he said 'Oh geisha...That i...