Memoirs of a Geisha (novel)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Zhang_Ziyi
gptkb:Ken_Watanabe
gptkb:Rob_Marshall
gptkb:Michelle_Yeoh
gptkb:Gong_Li
2005
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:Memoirs_of_a_Geisha_(film)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Arthur_Golden
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Book_Sense_Book_of_the_Year_Award_for_Adult_Fiction
gptkbp:book PS3557.O35926 M45 1997
gptkbp:controversy portrayal of Japanese culture by non-Japanese author
lawsuit by Mineko Iwasaki
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:coverArtist gptkb:Kazuhiko_Sano
gptkbp:deweyDecimal 813/.54 21
gptkbp:firstEditionCover features a close-up of a geisha's face
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Memoirs of a Geisha (novel)
gptkbp:influencedBy interviews with real geisha
gptkbp:ISBN 0-375-40011-7
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Sayuri_Nitta
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
audiobook
e-book
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Chairman_Iwamura
gptkb:Hatsumomo
gptkb:Mameha
gptkb:fruit
gptkb:Nobu
gptkbp:notableFor international bestseller
depiction of geisha life
gptkbp:OCLC 37396740
gptkbp:pages 434
gptkbp:period 1920s
1930s
1940s
gptkbp:publicationDate 1997
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Alfred_A._Knopf
gptkbp:sells over 4 million copies sold
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Kyoto
gptkb:Gion_district
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:subject gptkb:courtier
20th century
Japanese folklore
gptkbp:translatedInto multiple languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Memoirs_of_a_Geisha_(film)
gptkb:Sayuri_Nitta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6