The Japanese Lover
$31.37
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2017
Summary
From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted, multigenerational love story.
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco’s parents send her overseas to live with an aunt and uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family’s Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms, but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471152191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471152197 |
| Author: | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scribner UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
‘Lush storytelling, with a liberal dusting of South American magical realism and a multigenerational narrative sweep … The Japanese Lover has all the ingredients of classic Allende: love, secrecy, fate; stories within stories; the arc of history; and a certain robustness and ability for reinvention on the part of her characters’ * Financial Times on The Japanese Lover *
‘A magical and sweeping tale … remarkable … heartbreaking’ * Publishers Weekly on The Japanese Lover *
About The Author
Isabel Allende
Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, Paula, and My Invented Country. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
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