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Summary: Best book I've read in a long time
Review: What a historical novel. It's about time someone gave a true story about the geishas of Japan. One minute I felt so sorry for every one of them and the next minute I felt like they had narrowly and luckily escaped devastation because of their situation. A lovely book!
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Summary: i couldn't put it down
Review: I read this book after purchasing it in an airport bookstore and the New York to Phx flight was the shortest and most enjoyable in my life.The indignities suffered and the caste system were gut wrenching. The description of the crooked little house, the mother's death bed,the father's coldness and indifference were so emotional to me I could hardly bear to continue reading but I couldn't help but to continue reading.
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Summary: Is that all?
Review: I picked up this book at an airport... perfect inflight entertainment. The book was interesting... a "glimpse" into the life of a geisha. However it lacked depth. The author only scratches the surface of the characters, which was a huge disappointment. We now know the mechanics of being a geisha, but the only feeling they seem to have is a sense of fatalism. Not a bad read, but I couldn't help feeling it could have been better.
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Summary: Best book I've read in years
Review: This is one of the best books I've read in years and I was delighted to discover it will be made into a movie in the year 2000 by Steven Spielberg
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Summary: How the hell did a guy write such
Review: a sensitive novel that really digs into your mind. I still remember nearly all of the book... three weeks and about twenty novels later. Maybe he was a woman in a past life. :-) This novel places you right in the body of a geisha. You feel her pain, her struggles, her love. A masterpiece! (P.S. I am not saying that guys can't write books like this, its just that it is rare.)
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I couldn't wait to read this book. So last year I bought it as a gift at Christmas for my grandmother & insisted that it be passed back when she was done. I was not disappointed!
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Summary: Foreign, beautiful, exotic, but at times, hard to comprehend
Review: Although somewhat limited in scope, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is an unforgetable story, transcending bounderies and showing the reader a way of life that is all together foreign, beautiful, exotic, but at times, hard to comprehend. Golden leads us too carefully in the beginning of the novel, but as soon as he rolls the paper door open, he pulls us into the life of a geisha. Historically sound and beautifully written, the novel engages the reader's sense of self, perhaps as an outsider, and brings forth issues of power, love, and friendship to the forefront.
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Summary: GREAT BEDSIDE READING YOU WILL NEVER WANT TO PUT DOWN
Review: I am a very busy person and I rarely have time to read books. This book is well-written. It does not drag but would often bring the reader to wonder what happens next. The author uses the characters as a mirror on the lives of the simple yet complicated geishas in Japan. We never realize the roles these women play till we encounter such vivid portrayals of their lives.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down!!!
Review: WOW! What a great book! I am a grad student and I had a very hard time concentrating on my class reading because I wanted to know what would happen next. Just when you think that you've read it all, there's more! I really enjoyed procrastinating my homework for this book. Loved it! I would recommend this book to anyone!
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Summary: Outstanding example of fine writing and touching story.
Review: This book offers a unique opportunity to read a story largely unfamiliar to Western culture. It is an intimate sharing of an Asian woman's experience, written in such a way as to seize the reader's heartfelt sympathies, but at the same time to educate the reader about the richness of another way of life. What also sets this book apart is the author's use of similes from nature not present in the work of other English/American authors. The similes bring vibrance and impact to the author's points. For instance, when the small girl stepped off the train into a strange city after being on the train all day, with no food, she said she felt as a rock must feel at the bottom of a waterfall. How well the feeling of exhaustion was conveyed. No one thing was traumatic, but the steady, insistent deprivation of her day left her worn and beat up. This book is a must read.
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