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'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

The extraordinary, bestselling memoir from Japan's foremost geisha.

'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 conten

Geisha of Gion

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    A Paperback / softback by Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 8 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9781471195105
      978-1471195105
      ISBN-10 1471195104
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      Non Fiction Biography Autobiography: adventurers and explorers Politics, Philosophy & Society Cultural studies Social groups: alternative lifestyles

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      '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

      The extraordinary, bestselling memoir from Japan's foremost geisha.

      '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 conten

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