— has sold 4 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. Steven Spielberg is set to direct the movie version of the book. But Mineko Iwasaki, the source for much of the material in the books is unhappy. “Basically, what is written in Arthur Golden’s book is false,” says the retired geisha, in her first interview since the book was published in Japanese in November and she was able to read it. “He got it wrong.” – Washington Post