Captivating and spellbinding book. His reading is exciting and I devoured it in a few days. I admired the film and I wanted to discover more about the geisha world, their learning, their religions, their rituals. I am overwhelmed by the wealth of comments and writing helps to identify with his character and feel a range of emotions from sadness to this little girl snatched from his world, separated from his family, to enter this universe What cruel as promising as that of geishas, through the exaltation and intoxication when she meets the man of her life and in quette the heart of this one. The values and feelings that course this book are enchanting. I heartily recommend it.