Memoirs of a Geisha

'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 cars and eyes'
Margaret Forster
'Endlessly fascinating ...a narrative that is both gripping and beautifully paced... a wonderful read'
Observer
'Sayuri's memoirs reveal Golden to have great gifts of imaginative empathy...fascinating'
Independent
'This is one of those rare novels that evokes a vanished world with absolute conviction and in every detail...This book is exceptional'
Daily Mail
'A truly engrossing story. The reader suffers, triumphs, dreams and doubts with the heroine, all the way through...These memoirs are beautifully written'
Sunday Express
'This is a high-wire act...Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked  with such natural assurance'
New Yorker