Memoirs of a Geisha
American novelist, born 1956.
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 1997 novel by Arthur Golden.
On 2 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Arthur Golden
- First published
- 1997
- Length
- 120 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Love story, Feminist, Class and society
Is Memoirs of a Geisha worth reading?
2 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 62 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Memoirs of a Geisha
The edition we link to is the Pearson Education paperback (2009), 120 pages.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (paperback, 2009)
- Pages
- 120
- ISBN
- 9781405882675
How critics, prizes and readers rate Memoirs of a Geisha
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Memoirs of a Geisha
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