Historical Fiction
by Arthur Golden
Chiyo, sold to a geisha house as a child, transforms into Sayuri, one of Kyoto's most celebrated geisha in pre-war and post-war Japan. Golden paints an intimate portrait of a hidden world of elaborate rituals, artistic refinement, and complex relationships between women navigating a restrictive society. A lush, controversial glimpse into a vanishing culture through Western eyes.
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