Memoirs of a Geisha

'Intimate and brutal, written in cool, lucid prose it is a novel whose psychological empathy and historical truths are outstanding' Mail on Sunday

'Endless and fascinating-a narrative that is both gripping and beautifully paced-a wonderful read' Observer

'This is a high-wire act- Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance' New Yorker

'Memoirs of a Geisha ' is the sort of novel that novel-lovers yearn for, which is to say, so convincing that while reading it you become transported to another time, another place, and feel you're listening and seeing with someone else's ears and eyes' Margaret Forster