The Japanese lover : a novel
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
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Book
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321 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
40025457165
Notes
General Note
"Originally published as El Amante Japonés in 2015 in Spain by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial" -- Verso title page.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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. 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 elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric 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, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Fiction.
Love in old age -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Fiction.
Love in old age -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Allende, I., Caistor, N., & Hopkinson, A. (2015). The Japanese lover: a novel (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel, Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. 2015. The Japanese Lover: A Novel. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel, Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. The Japanese Lover: A Novel Atria Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Allende, Isabel, Nick Caistor, and Amanda Hopkinson. The Japanese Lover: A Novel First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2015.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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