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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The 21st anniversary vintage edition of Memoirs of a Geisha has this different cover design -  an apt quote from the author, Arthur Golden:- 



Hear, hear !

The book takes one to a totally different era - of tea parlors, geishas , kimonas n fascinating Japanese culture n traditions. It tells the making of a geisha, the female companion, a maitre d' art. No pain, no gain. Thus the story is naturally heart rending and touching but not spell bounding. All the same, it cocoons a beautiful love story too. 

No, I haven't seen the movie starring 'The crouching tiger, hidden dragon' Zhang Ziyi and 'The silver hawk' Michelle Yeoh. Waiting.....

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