Geisha

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.