The Japanese Lover - by Isabel Allende (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published as El Amante Japonaes in 2015 in Spain by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Isabel Allende, "a magical and sweeping" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II.</b> <p/>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. <p/> 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. <p/> Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, <i>The Japanese Lover</i> is written with the same keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel <i>The House of the Spirits</i>. <i>The Japanese Lover</i> is a moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>...if you're a [Gabriel Garcia Marquez] fan, this one's for you.-- "Lauren Conrad's Top 10 Fall Reading List"<br><br>...rich with lyrical prose and compelling plot turns. This is Allende at her very best.-- "Purewow.com"<br><br><i>The Japanese Lover </i>is a poetic and profound meditation on the power of love: a common theme, sure, but in Allende's capable hands this trope is made utterly new.-- "Bustle"<br><br><i>The Japanese Lover</i> is animated by the same lush spirit that has sold 65 million copies of her books around the world... a novel that's a pleasure to recommend.-- "The Washington Post"<br><br>'Pretty brilliant, ' I said once I closed the cover -- literary fiction at its best."-- "The Missourian"<br><br>"[Allende] is a dazzling storyteller, with a wry, sometimes dark, wit and a great eye for society's changing fashions. She may be writing a fairy tale for adults, but like the best of the genre, it's almost irresistible."-- "Associated Press"<br><br>"Allende's magical and sweeping tale focuses on two survivors of separation and loss...Befitting the unapologetically romantic soul bared here--the poignant letters to Alma from Ichimei are interspersed throughout--love is what endures."-- "Publishers Weekly, starred review"<br><br>"She is a dazzling storyteller, with a wry, sometimes dark, wit and a great eye for society's changingfashions"-- "The National"<br><br>"Thespectre of the war and the illicit treatment of Japanese-Americans are neverlost on the reader, although Allende is too subtle a writer to do any realproselytizing. It is a beautiful and significant love story that she tells, although I was so much more interested in her than in Ichimei as a character."-- "Book Reporter"<br><br>"With <i>The Japanese Lover</i>, Allende reminds us that, while not everyone has a true love, we all have loves that are true. Whether they be passionate, familial, unrequited or timeless, the one constant in our lives is love. And Isabel Allende celebrates them all, beautifully."-- "USA Today"<br><br>"With her engaging new novel, "The Japanese Lover," Allende brings us a tale at once global and rooted deeply in Bay Area history, sweeping through time and across continents to explore the inner lives of two very different women in contemporary California."-- "San Francisco Chronicle"<br><br>[Allende] is a dazzling storyteller, with a wry, sometimes dark, wit and a great eye for society's changing fashions. She may be writing a fairy tale for adults, but like the best of the genre, it's almost irresistible.-- "Times Union"<br><br>[An] epic novel from a master of the form.-- "Elle"<br><br>[A] fairy tale of a novel...As in all of Allende's fiction, we find a large, colorful cast of characters...-- "New York Times Book Review"<br><br>[A] lovely, easy-to-read novel...Like a perfect onion, the book slowly reveals the secrets of Alma's past, which primarily revolves around a secret, decades-long affair with a Japanese gardener.-- "Goop"<br><br>Allende...delivers a poignant story of race and aging, loss and reconciliation.-- "San Jose Mercury News"<br><br>Allende, as always, gives progress and hopeful spirits their due.-- "Kirkus"<br><br>Allende's engrossing narrative spans 70 years of tumultuous world history, but the powerful message you'll take away is that love -- all kinds of love -- will take root and endure under the most harrowing conditions.-- "People Magazine, Book of the Week"<br><br>Isabel Allende's oeuvre ranges widely...but <i>The Japanese Lover</i>, her lushly detailed new work, may be her most expansive yet...-- "Library Journal"<br><br>Like the incomparable storyteller she is, Isabel Allende does not release us from the novel's spell until the last pages, with a brief but bittersweet hint of her famed magical realism.-- "Miami Herald"<br><br>Monumental...A multi-generational epic of fate, war, and enduring love.-- "Harper's Bazaar"<br><br>Poignant, powerful ...a timeless world without 'tomorrow or yesterday.'-- "Boston Globe"<br><br>The latest from the writer who's been called Gabriel Garcia Marquez's successor. It's a love story that covers a lot of ground, from Nazi-occupied Poland to present-day San Francisco. You won't want to put it down.-- "theSkimm"<br><br>Themes of lasting passion, friendship, reflections in old age, and how people react to challenging circumstances all feature in Allende's newest saga, which moves from modern San Francisco back to the traumatic WWII years. As always, her lively storytelling pulls readers into her characters' lives immediately... the story has many heart felt moments, and readers will be lining up for it.-- "Booklist"<br><br>TheJapanese Lover erects two thematic pillars of love and prejudice toproduce a story that strikes a masterful emotional balance. More importantly, the novel crafts characters that are profoundly compelling in their complexstruggle to value love despite forces--youth and age, proximity and distance, society and self--beyond their control."-- "Harvard Crimson"<br><br>With end-of-life issues looming over Alma, "The Japanese Lover" can't be called lighthearted. But it's often wryly funny, and always an absorbing argument for the power of love.-- "St. Louis Post Dispatch"<br>
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