Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden [FIRST EDITION] 1997

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 

FIRST EDITION [1997] ALFRED A. KNOPF

*34th Printing / 1998. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.

Some shelf wear to dust jacket; now housed in a new HQ mylar jacket protector.  Price clipped on front panel.

Book has a few marks on text blocks; but is otherwise excellent.  Reads good as new. 

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated 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 is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.