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...obviousenjoyment as he told this story at the Bostonreading and wondered aloud whether "it was me on agood day or a bad day?" He then added that thename of the supposed translator was a pun,"Haarhuis" substituting for "whore-house" inrecognition of the darker side of the geisha'sworld. "Arnold Rusoff," far from endowing aprofessorship at NYU, is actually a dear friend ofGolden's, eager for his 15 minutes of fame...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, | Title: THE BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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