Su itibaren Adivala, Karnataka 577511, India
I read this in 9th grade and thought it was great. I read it in college and realized it's AMAZING. How an American man managed to completely and poetically write from the point of view of a Japanese geisha is incredible. The pace moves quickly when it needs to, but there are also stops made that savor the beauty of the words both in dialogue and descriptive parts. I'm not one for romance, but the relationship between Sayuri and the Chairman is so wonderfully intertwined with Sayuri's life story that it gives so much more of a look into geishas as "real" people instead of just focusing on their lives as entertainers. It's hard to describe how beautifully written Memoirs of a Geisha is in a review, it's just a book you need to read. So hypnotically addictive.