underwaterlily 's review for:

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

5.0

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The prose in Memoirs of a Geisha is so vivid, I can clearly imagine snow on the rooftops of Kyoto, more than twenty years after I finished the last page. It’s a very character-driven novel, but it holds a special place in my heart as the first novel to really give me a feel for “sense-of-place.” Just gorgeous—a forever favorite! (Memoirs of a Geisha also led me to Sei Shōnagon’s wonderful Pillow Book.)