Memoirs Of A Geisha

This seductive and evocative epic tells the extraordinary story of a young geisha girl, unfolding over more than twenty years of Japan’s most dramatic history. Beginning in a small fishing village in 1929, the tale follows a young peasant girl who is sold as a servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house in Kyoto. Within the city’s glamorous yet decadent heart of the 1930s, she enters a hidden world of beauty and cruelty, enchantment and exploitation. Years later, from the Waldorf Astoria in New York, she recounts her journey—one that exquisitely captures another culture and era, revealing both the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens. Through her eyes, we witness the rigorous training of a geisha, where girls learn the delicate arts of dancing, singing, wearing the kimono, walking with grace, pouring tea, and beguiling the most powerful men of their time.