Vintage Film: Memoirs Of A Geisha

An Epic Tale And A Brutal Evocation Of A Disappearing World' The Times A Young Peasant Girl Is Sold As Servant And Apprentice To A Renowned Geisha House. Many Years Later She Tells Her Story From A Hotel In New York, Opening A Window Into An Extraordinary Half-Hidden World Of Eroticism And Enchantment, Exploitation And Degradation And Summoning Up A Quarter Of A Century Of Japan'S Dramatic History. 'Intimate And Brutal, Written In Cool, Lucid Prose It Is A Novel Whose Psychological Empathy And Historical Truths Are Outstanding' Mail On Sunday