{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-geisha-a-novel","title":"Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Athenix Books \u0026 Brews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638622273703,"sku":"9780679781585","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0480\/4519\/files\/9780679781585.jpg?v=1768237609","url":"https:\/\/athenixbooksandbrews.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-geisha-a-novel","provider":"Athenix Books \u0026 Brews","version":"1.0","type":"link"}