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The Japanese Lover : A Novel by Allende, Isabel is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. 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 e

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Allende, Isabel
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781501116995
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
Rating
4.2 / 5 (18,017 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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