Memoirs of a Geisha | Suggested Reading

Memoirs of a Geisha What Do I Read Next?

The Good Earth, Pearl Buck's classic written in 1931 (and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1932), is an example of historical fiction set in Asia. Buck explores the lives of a family of hardworking peasants in China during the 1920s.

Daniel Defoe's 1719 book Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story told in a manner similar to Memoirs of a Geisha. The story is of a sailor marooned on an island for several years, but it is related as if it were being told through another person.

Translated by Kenneth Rexroth, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1956) spans time, form, and content in its presentation of Japanese poetry. The poems are generally very short, making it an accessible introduction to the seemingly simple tradition of poetry in Japan.

George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (written around 1914) is the story of a common flower girl transformed into a...
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