Description

This Story Is A Rare And Utterly Engaging Experience. It Tells The Extraordinary Story Of A Geisha -summoning Up A Quarter Century From 1929 To The Post-war Years Of Japans Dramatic History, And Opening A Window Into A Half-hidden World Of Eroticism And Enchantment, Exploitation And Degradation. A Young Peasant Girl Is Sold As Servant And Apprentice To A Renowned Geisha H This Story Is A Rare And Utterly Engaging Experience. It Tells The Extraordinary Story Of A Geisha -summoning Up A Quarter Century From 1929 To The Post-war Years Of Japans Dramatic History, And Opening A Window Into A Half-hidden World Of Eroticism And Enchantment, Exploitation And Degradation. A Young Peasant Girl Is Sold As Servant And Apprentice To A Renowned Geisha House. She Tells Her Story Many Years Later From The Waldorf Astoria In New York. Her Memoirs Conjure Up The Perfection And The Ugliness Of Life Behind Rice-paper Screens, Where Young Girls Learn The Arts Of Geisha - Dancing And Singing, How To Wind The Kimono, How To Walk And Pour Tea, And How To Beguile The Lands Most Powerful Men.