{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-geisha-arthur-golden","title":"Memoirs of a Geisha — Arthur Golden","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"185\"\u003eTitle: Memoirs of a Geisha\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003eAuthor: Arthur Golden\u003cbr data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"112\"\u003ePublisher: Vintage Books\u003cbr data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"139\"\u003eISBN: 978-0-099-77151-7\u003cbr data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"241\"\u003ePublished by Vintage in 1998. First published in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"371\"\u003eCondition: Very good second-hand condition. Light shelf wear and minor edge wear to covers with clean pages and a solid binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"776\"\u003eOne of the defining international bestsellers of the late 1990s, \u003cem data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"459\"\u003eMemoirs of a Geisha\u003c\/em\u003e follows the fictional life of Sayuri, a young girl sold into the geisha districts of Kyoto before the Second World War. Written in the style of a personal memoir, the novel traces her rise through the rigid and highly ritualised world of geisha culture, exploring beauty, performance, survival, jealousy, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"1072\"\u003eArthur Golden combines historical research with richly atmospheric storytelling, creating a vivid portrait of pre-war and post-war Japan. The novel became widely celebrated for its immersive detail and emotional narrative, later inspiring the acclaimed film adaptation directed by Rob Marshall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1318\"\u003eThough fictional, the book introduced many Western readers to aspects of geisha traditions, tea houses, patronage, and the shifting social world of twentieth-century Japan. It remains both a literary bestseller and a modern cultural touchstone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49082525319391,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5825.jpg?v=1778063074","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-geisha-arthur-golden","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}