writing with intent

If there was ever a day that a book had me so immersed in its pages...Memoirs of a Geisha has to be it.

From the first line that i had read till the last word, i could hear a voice so soft and gentle whispering to me. I felt as if I was seated in that New York apartment with Nitta Sayuri listening to her bring her memories back to life.

Every single moment described in detail that i could almost see it through her own eyes. I could see every stone payment that she walked on, every petal that flowed in the river and every step she took on the wooden floor. I felt her pain, sensed her joy, relived her emotions and wandered back into her memories.

Of all, these words sank deep into my being:

"As a young girl, i believed that my life would never have been a struggle if Mr. Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my tipsy house. But now I know that our world, is no more permanent than a wave rising in the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they will bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper." NITTA SAYURI


Arthur Golden, absolutely amazing!