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Original Title:	El amante japonés
ISBN:	1501116975 (ISBN13: 9781501116971)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Irina Bazili, Alma Belasco, Ichimei Fukuda, Seth
Setting:	San Francisco, California(United States)

The Japanese Lover

Isabel Allende

Hardcover | Pages: 322 pages

Rating: 3.82 | 56609 Users | 6341 Reviews

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Title	:	The Japanese Lover
Author	:	Isabel Allende
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 322 pages
Published	:	November 3rd 2015 by Atria Books (first published May 2015)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Audiobook

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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.

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I was looking forward to starting 2016 with my first book by Isabel Allende. Unfortunately I'm disappointed as this book turned out to be quite blah. As a reader, it was easy to fall in sync with the pace of the story but I never became invested (or cared) about any of the characters. The story remained flat with only a few elements that sparked my interest very late in the book. Will I read another novel by this author? Absolutely! The House of The Spirits comes highly recommended.

Massively disappointing, especially for all the hype.The reader is kept at an arm's length, so that, although many personal secrets and tragedies are continuously presented, there is no language that creates an emotional connection between reader and character.Also written like the author researched historical and contemporary cultural touchstones, then used them like name-dropping. Didn't feel like the narrator had any personal interest in these events beyond an anthropological one.Seth's voice

Imagine for a moment ......being 8 years old. My 8 year old memory includes loss. My father and both grandparents were no longer living. That 8 year old memory includes loss of the new custom home my parents built that we were about to move in a week before he died....then a week later a major flood & mud slide destroyed every house ( all new developments)...'except' ours. However, my mother backed out...and never moved us into that new home. I remember feelings of fear when we first moved

A quiet, contemplative book... A look at the life of Alma Mendel, sent as a child to live with her aunt and uncle in San Francisco. Her Jewish parents are never able to find their way to her from their native Poland, victims of Nazi atrocities. Isaac and Lillian Blasco, her relatives, whose wealth increases with no diminishing of their innate kindness..., their grandson, Nathaniel, beloved and steady, loyal....Ichimei Fukuda, gardener's son, Japanese internee, dreamer. Seth, Alma's grandson, a

Alma Belasco, now an octogenarian living in a retirement residence, is telling the story of her life to her grandson Seth and her immigrant care worker Irina. Alma met Ichimei Fukuda, the son of her family's Japanese gardener, when they were children. Their instant connection eventually turned into a lifelong love affair which is recounted through letters and flashbacks. The Fukuda family was sent to an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, and lived under terrible

Anyone who has read Allende recognizes her talent for narratives that transcend time, love and cultures across generations. In this novel, there are two stories entwined: one of eternal love told by Alma, an 80 year old woman as she reflects back on her life to her assistant Irina, from the walls of her retirement room; and Irina's own difficult, sad life journey. Themes of friendship, loss, family, love and forgiveness abound. I've read some harsh reviews and perhaps I didn't feel the same

(3.5) Allende is a wonderful storyteller. This isnt up to the level of her South American novels (e.g. The House of the Spirits), and in elaborating both Almas and Irinas stories theres a bit too much telling rather than showing, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book all the same I devoured it in just a few days. Allende is sensitive to both the process of aging and the various strategies for dealing with traumatic events from the past. If youre interested in exploring the internment of Americas