Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden [FIRST EDITION] 1997 • Knopf

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden  FIRST EDITION [1997] ALFRED A. KNOPF *17th Printing / March, 1998.  Hardcover with dust jacket in excelent condition. Light shelf wear to dust jacket; now housed in a new Archival Quality jacket protector.  Price clipped on front panel. Book looks and reads like new.  Beautiful copy.  A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.In "Memoirs of a Geisha," we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.