About this title: In 1929, a poor fisherman sells his nine-year-old daughter to an elite geisha house in Kyoto. So begins the remarkable first-person account of how the lovely child, Chiyo, became the accomplished and much sought-after geisha Sayuri, with the help of a kindly mentor and despite the malice of a rival; and of how Sayuri struggled to balance ...
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Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Corner tips of cover and first few pages curl up slightly. Cover edge curves up slightly. Cover has crease lines. In good reading condition. Page edg. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 01/01/1999
ISBN-13:9780375704406ISBN:037570440X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 01/01/1999
ISBN-13:9780375704406ISBN:037570440X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 01/01/1999
ISBN-13:9780375704406ISBN:037570440X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
""Memoirs" is an achingly beautiful story told by Chiyo, a small girl growing up in desperate poverty in an obscure, fishing village of Yoroido, Japan where Chiyo's father is a fisherman. Chiyo's mother is dying from a terminal disease. As her mother lies dying, Chiyo and her older sister Satsu are taken in by neigbors where Chiyo thinks they will be kindly adopted. However, the sisters find themselves unexpectedly sold. They are taken to the town of Kyoto, and cruelly separated. Because of her striking gray eyes, Chiyo is taken into a Geisha house of training. Life in the okiya is difficult as Chiyo adjusts to the rigorous demands of Auntie, Granny and Mother, Pumkin, and the haughty and cruel Geisha Hatsumomo. Chiyo, grows from a small, ignorant child to a woman of high regard. The transformation of this young innocent is shrouded within the mysterious, beautiful, sacred, difficult, and unimaginable world of the Geisha culture. I could not put this book down!"
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