The Japanese Lover

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PRAISE FOR ISABEL ALLENDI
'^llende's stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry . . . And, like poetry, \ this prose requires careful attention' Barbara Kingsolver
'A passionate storyteller . . . Allende holds the world spellbound with her tales. She is Latin America's, the world's Scheherazade. Her writing is lyrical, mystical, ribald, funny' Miami Herald
'Allende's writing is so inventive, funny, and persuasive . . . Her characters are fascinatingly detailed and human People
'Allende combines the personal and the political with enthusiastic ease' Vogue
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In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of llie Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live in safety 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. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family — like... Tovább

Fülszöveg

PRAISE FOR ISABEL ALLENDI
'^llende's stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry . . . And, like poetry, \ this prose requires careful attention' Barbara Kingsolver
'A passionate storyteller . . . Allende holds the world spellbound with her tales. She is Latin America's, the world's Scheherazade. Her writing is lyrical, mystical, ribald, funny' Miami Herald
'Allende's writing is so inventive, funny, and persuasive . . . Her characters are fascinatingly detailed and human People
'Allende combines the personal and the political with enthusiastic ease' Vogue
Ik
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of llie Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live in safety 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. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family — like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. Throughout their lifetimes. Alma and ¦ Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world.
Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.
From the internationally bestselling author of The House ofthe Spirits comes The Japanese Lover, a breathtaking story of love, sacrifice, and the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.
Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of numerous 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 35 languages and have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
www.isahelallende.eom

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