num_pages: 3
description: This seductive and evocative epic tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. It reveals the cruelty and ugliness of life behind the rice-paper screens, and summons up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history.
language: English
title: Memoirs of a Geisha
titlecomplete: Memoirs of a Geisha
characters: Sayuri Nitta, Mameha, Ken Iwamura, Pumpkin, Mr. Bekku, Toshikazu Nobu, Hatsumono, Ichiro Tanaka, Dr. Crab
genres: Asia, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Classics, Japan, Adult, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 1957508
places: Japan, Kyoto
publisher: Random House