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Geisha of Gion - The True Story of Japan's Foremost Geisha (Paperback, Reissue)
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Geisha of Gion - The True Story of Japan's Foremost Geisha (Paperback, Reissue)
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Discovery Miles 2 650
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The extraordinary, bestselling memoir from Japan's foremost geisha.
'A glimpse into the exotic, mysterious, tinged-with-eroticism world
of the almost mythical geisha' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail '[An]
eloquent and innovative memoir' The Times 'I can identify the exact
moment when things began to change. It was a cold winter afternoon.
I had just turned three.' Emerging shyly from her hiding place,
Mineko encounters Madam Oima, the formidable proprietress of a
prolific geisha house in Gion. Madam Oima is mesmerised by the
child's black hair and black eyes: she has found her successor. And
so Mineko is gently, but firmly, prised away from her parents to
embark on an extraordinary profession, of which she will become the
best. But even if you are exquisitely beautiful and the darling of
the okiya, the life of a geisha is one of gruelling demands. And
Mineko must first contend with her bitterly jealous sister who is
determined to sabotage her success . . . Captivating and poignant,
Geisha of Gion tells of Mineko's ascendancy to fame and her
ultimate decision to leave the profession she found so
constricting. After centuries of mystery Mineko is the only geisha
to speak out. This is the true story she has long wanted to tell
and the one that the West has long wanted to hear.
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