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"At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy."

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Melancholy Beauty

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About Arthur Golden

American novelist best known for Memoirs of a Geisha, an internationally bestselling historical novel. He studied art history and Japanese culture and has written fiction and nonfiction. His work is noted for detailed cultural setting and narrative craft.

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