a literary sensation and runaway bestseller this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of japans most celebrated geishain memoirs of a geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount where a girls virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men and where love is scorned as illusion it is a unique and triumphant work of fiction at once romantic erotic suspenseful and completely unforgettable i cant explain myself im afraid sir said alice because im not myself you seewhen alice sees a white rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket she decides to follow it and a sequence of most unusual events is set in motion this mini book contains the entire topsyturvy stories of alices adventures in wonderland and through the lookingglass accompanied by practical notes and martina pelousos memorable fullcolour illustrations