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"There's simply no way that a movie could live up to the complexities and multi-layered nuances of this book. A geisha communicates without speaking the direct words, or often, without speaking at all. The subtle way that Sayuri relays her story gives you more clarity and produces more empathy than a movie possibly could, especially in our attention-defecit society that can't observe a movie more than a couple of hours long. A movie leaves you no time to absorb the impact of all that occurs to Sayuri. The book simply must be read."