Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World by Lesley Downer

Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World

Lesley Downer

434 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative inspiring tense medium-paced
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Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, we have been intrigued by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of fictional creations from Madame Butterfly to Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha. The reality of the geisha's existence has rarely b...

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inspiring 16%
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slow 16%

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