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 today's modern Japan.
- ISBN10 0520942868
- ISBN13 9780520942868
- Publish Date 10 November 2008 (first published 28 September 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Format eBook
- Language English