Memoirs of a geisha audiobook by arthur golden 9780739300572. Kingdom hearts, the silmarillion and other histories of middleearth j. Arthur golden, the author of memoirs of a geisha was born in chattanooga, tennessee in 1956. Memoirs of a geisha is an american novel, and as such the attempt at west does east, especially on the complex and delicate subject of the geisha, is compelling, interesting, but also heavy. Full text of memories of a gheisa internet archive. I first read this novel about a decade ago and like many other readers, i kept. Memoirs of a geisha is a historical novel by american author arthur golden, published in 1997. I know i left a bunch out, but i was trying to make this as short as possible.
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