Geisha : A Life by Mineko Iwasaki Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Geisha : A Life
Book Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
After first reading Memoirs of a Geisha, by Authur Golden, I wanted to find out how accurate it was. After reading Geisha, A life, I felt that the author Mineko Iwasaki truly represented herself. From her book you can tell that the she is an authentic Geisha wanting to dispel inaccuracies that Memoirs of a Geisha created. It is disappointing to know that society is so willing to accept inaccuracies regarding women and their accomplishments.Book Review: Fantastic Geiko
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is not as good as memoirs for one reason: Memoirs of a Geisha is FICTION!!!!! That means that the author can take liberties in his writing! In this story, mine-Chan is the main geiko (AKA geisha) and she tells her story as if the reader were there to see it. I never got tired of reading it. I loved Memoirs of a Geisha, and this story teaches those who want a more in depth version of memoirs. This story explains everything one can think of. I learned a lot from this book.Book Review: I thought this would be better...
Summary: 3 Stars
Weeellllll, the reason I read this book was because of the book Memoirs of a Geisha, which I adored. Arthur Golden, the writer for Memoirs of a Geisha, gave credit to Mineko Iwasaki as inspiration of his novel. Well, this is nowhere near Memoirs. It wasn't terrible, but not what I expected.Book Review: Interesting in and of itself
Summary: 3 Stars
Without comparing this book to to other writers, other similar pieces on gesha or geiko, I found this book interesting in and of itself.
It flowed along in an easy, near rambliing sort of writing style that took me a bit to get used to, but the images of Japan and 'Geiko' life were interesting. Especially the little tidbits of information about personal life. Perhaps not the best book I ever read, but I did enjoy the read.
Book Review: Lacking and skewed
Summary: 1 Stars
To be honest, I was expecting more of this book. When I first picked it up at the library, it was out of curiosity (as I noticed that it had been connected to both Arthur Golden's fictional book as well as Liza Dalby's book).
Overall...this book is dry and quite, quite horrible. The story telling is lacking, Mineko's portrayal of herself is bad and unbelievable, and she refutes certain things that several other authors, who researched more than one geisha life, had cited as true. It all but admits to exaggeration, bias, and inaccuracy.
Then again, it is a biography, and nobody should expect it to be as accurate throughout as researched, historical material.
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