Bibliograph

The Japanese lover, a novel, Isabel Allende ; translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson

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The Japanese lover, a novel, Isabel Allende ; translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson

Language

eng

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Literary Form

novels

Main title

The Japanese lover

Oclc number

915943374

Responsibility statement

Isabel Allende ; translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family-like thousands of other Japanese Americans-are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world

Target audience

adult

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