Memoirs of a Geisha ~ SIGNED LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS
by Golden, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0375400117
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400117
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SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS! Book is brand new and unread. Still wrapped in Publisher's original shrink-wrap! Personally hand signed by the author, Mr. Golden, directly to the specially bound signature page. Includes witnessed COA (also signed by Mr. Golden) authenticating signature.
Features include:
Personally signed by Arthur Golden.
Fully bound in genuine leather.
22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.
Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations.
Sewn pages — not just glued like ordinary books.
Handsome moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.
Gilded page ends.
Printed and bound in the USA. Imported materials.
Rigorous inspection at every stage ensures adherence to our exacting standards.
Superb craftsmanship and commitment to quality.
An alluring tour de force: a brilliant debut novel told with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
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. 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, always elusive, is scorned as illusion.
Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Through her eyes, we see the decadent heart of Gion--the geisha district of Kyoto--with its marvelous teahouses and theaters, narrow back alleys, ornate temples, and artists' streets. And 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. But as World War II erupts and the geisha houses are forced to close, Sayuri, with little money and even less food, must reinvent herself all over again to find a rare kind of freedom on her own terms.
Memoirs of a Geisha is a book of nuances and vivid metaphor, of memorable characters rendered with humor and pathos. And though the story is rich with detail and a vast knowledge of history, it is the transparent, seductive voice of Sayuri that the reader remembers.
A dazzling literary achievement of empathy and grace by an extraordinary new writer.
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- Title
- Memoirs of a Geisha ~ SIGNED LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS
- Author
- Golden, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Full leather Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Leather-bound Easton Press
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375400117
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400117
- Publisher
- Knopf/Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- SIGNED, COLLECTIBLE, AUTOGRAPHED, Human Trafficking, auction, virgin, MEMOIR, NOVEL, CLASSIC, BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE
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