Memoirs of a geisha
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Edition
Vintage contemporaries edition.
Physical Desc
434 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PS3557.O35926M45 1998
1 available
PS3557.O35926M45 1998
1 available
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
Vintage contemporaries edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.5, 31 Points
Level 6.5, 31 Points
Lexile measure
1000
Notes
Description
Overview: A 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. Speaking 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. In 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.
Target Audience
1000 L,Lexile
Target Audience
1000L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,6.5,31,Quiz 44554,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,6.5,31,SD,Quiz 44554,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.5,31,44554.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,6.5,31,Quiz 44554,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,6.5,31,SD,Quiz 44554,English fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Golden, A. (1999). Memoirs of a geisha (Vintage contemporaries edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Golden, Arthur, 1957-. 1999. Memoirs of a Geisha. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Golden, Arthur, 1957-. Memoirs of a Geisha Vintage Books, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha Vintage contemporaries edition., Vintage Books, 1999.
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