From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted,multigenerationallove story.'A fairy taleof a novel'New York Times'A multi-generational epic of fate,war and enduring love'Harper's Bazaar'A poetic and profound meditation on the power of love'BustleIn 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 apart. 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 reconcile 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.
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781471152191Number of pages: 336Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
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'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''A magical and sweeping tale...remarkable...heartbreaking'
Isabel Allende
The doyenne of Latin American fiction,Isabelle Allende is a Chilean author whose evocative novels defy easy categorisation. Spellbinding magic realism intertwines with compelling social comment throughout her award winning canon,from her enchanting debut,The House of the Spirits,to the personal,reflective In the Midst of Winter.
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