{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-geisha-9780679781585","title":"Memoirs of a Geisha","description":"\u003cb\u003eA literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with  seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's  most celebrated geisha.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at  once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life  as a geisha.  It begins  in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old   girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery  to a renowned geisha house.  We witness her  transformation as she learns the rigorous  arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair;  pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival  for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eMemoirs of a Geisha\u003c\/b\u003e,  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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62342124962179,"sku":"9780679781585","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780679781585.jpg?v=1786173165","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/memoirs-of-a-geisha-9780679781585","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}