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num ratings 49,357
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date pub edition Dec 01, 1999
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Truly good fantasy that manages to transcend bad clichés.
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num ratings 8,872
date pub Jun 17, 2004
date pub edition Jul 07, 2005
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avg rating 4.15
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date pub edition Nov 15, 2005
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Like eating fancy dessert at a gourmet restaurant, Memoirs of a Geisha is beautiful, melts lightly off the tongue and will be forgotten shortly after
Like eating fancy dessert at a gourmet restaurant, Memoirs of a Geisha is beautiful, melts lightly off the tongue and will be forgotten shortly after it's done. The language is strikingly lovely, and Golden paints a remarkable picture of a time and place. If you're looking to learn something deep about the psychology of Japanese culture, or meet nuanced characters, then I'd steer you elsewhere. The story only skims the top of the more complicated aspects of a Japan in decline, focusing mostly on a genteel lifestyle that probably seems more appealing from the outside. There's a way in which the book, written by a man and a westerner, is slightly fetishistic, but less so than you might imagine. Another reader suggested that perhaps the superficiality of the story is intentional, and that the book, in a way, resembles a geisha. Beautiful and eager to please, yet too distant to really learn much from and ultimately little more than a beautiful, well-crafted object to be appreciated. If that's the case, Arthur Golden is remarkably clever, and I applaud him. If it's not the case, the book remains very pretty and an easy read.
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avg rating 3.69
num ratings 181,654
date pub Feb 17, 2000
date pub edition Feb 13, 2001
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isbn13 9781400033546
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401
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avg rating 3.63
num ratings 29,278
date pub Sep 01, 2002
date pub edition Jul 01, 2003
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isbn13 9780007148981
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avg rating 3.93
num ratings 106,756
date pub 1980
date pub edition 2003
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isbn13 9780486421278
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num pages
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avg rating 3.70
num ratings 18,866
date pub 1891
date pub edition Aug 14, 2002
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56
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avg rating 3.92
num ratings 25,547
date pub 1892
date pub edition Mar 30, 2011
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avg rating 4.01
num ratings 42,795
date pub Apr 01, 1893
date pub edition Feb 05, 2001
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isbn13 9781580495806
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num pages
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avg rating 4.17
num ratings 378,867
date pub Feb 14, 1895
date pub edition 2005
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avg rating 4.13
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date pub Jun 1890
date pub edition Jun 01, 2004
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isbn13 9781891355363
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avg rating 4.27
num ratings 179,422
date pub Nov 01, 1915
date pub edition Jan 01, 1992
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avg rating 4.22
num ratings 206,389
date pub Jan 14, 1909
date pub edition Jan 16, 2005
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isbn13 9781404327108
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num ratings 52,628
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date pub edition Oct 23, 2002
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num ratings 1,014,231
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date pub edition Sep 01, 1984
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isbn13 9780517189603
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 1,207,005
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date pub edition Sep 01, 1998
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isbn13 9780345413994
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num ratings 27,183
date pub 1957
date pub edition Jun 17, 1997
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num ratings 30,503
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num pages
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avg rating 3.71
num ratings 23,519
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num pages
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avg rating 4.01
num ratings 232,436
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date pub edition May 1987
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