Geisha

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Geisha

Author : Liza Dalby

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

384

Pages

9780099286387

ISBN-13

0099286387

ISBN-10

Vintage Books

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

26 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

Liza Dalby, author of The Tale of Murasaki , is the only non-Japanese woman ever to have become a geisha. This is her unique insight into the extraordinary, closed world of the geisha, a world of grace, beauty and tradition that has long fascinated and enthralled the West. Taking us to the heart of a way of life normally hidden from the public gaze, Liza Dalby shows us the Liza Dalby, author of The Tale of Murasaki , is the only non-Japanese woman ever to have become a geisha. This is her unique insight into the extraordinary, closed world of the geisha, a world of grace, beauty and tradition that has long fascinated and enthralled the West. Taking us to the heart of a way of life normally hidden from the public gaze, Liza Dalby shows us the detailed reality that lies behind the bestselling Memoirs of a Geisha and opens our eyes to an ancient profession that continues to survive in todays modern Japan.