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A review by book_concierge
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
5.0
5 ***** and a ❤
An engrossing story - a window into another world, another culture, another time. Sayuri is so passive, she infuriates me at times. Yet I am deeply disappointed in her for the way she treats Nabu - her one aggressive act.
I first read it in March 1998. A year later one of my book discussion groups chose it and I read it again. When the movie came out my husband surprised me by saying he wanted to see it (he had been in international business and spent a lot of time in Japan). Because of his experience / knowledge of Japan he had no trouble following the movie, but I have heard from people who saw the movie without reading the book that they didn't fully understand what was happening.
An engrossing story - a window into another world, another culture, another time. Sayuri is so passive, she infuriates me at times. Yet I am deeply disappointed in her for the way she treats Nabu - her one aggressive act.
I first read it in March 1998. A year later one of my book discussion groups chose it and I read it again. When the movie came out my husband surprised me by saying he wanted to see it (he had been in international business and spent a lot of time in Japan). Because of his experience / knowledge of Japan he had no trouble following the movie, but I have heard from people who saw the movie without reading the book that they didn't fully understand what was happening.