El amante japonés / The Japanese Lover : Una novela (Paperback)

from wagner.sarah35

This is a nice story which weaves between the present and WWII-era America. I enjoyed the characters in this novel and I appreciate the author's gift for providing well-defined and developed characters who emerge from the pages fully formed. I especially liked the subtle romance between Irina and...

from Castlelass

Historical fiction, starting in contemporary times and flashing back in history, covering the lifespan of protagonist Alma Mendel from her birth in 1932 to her parents sending her to America from Poland in the wake of WWII to forming bonds with Nathaniel, her cousin, and Ichimei, the son of her U...

from nx74defiant

The story of Alma who was sent to live with family in Calorific from Poland prior to World War II. She meets and comes to love the son of the Japanese gardener - Ichimei Fukuda. But it is a relationship that would never be accepted by the world in which they live. The book does a great job of sho...

from jmoncton

Reading the different comments about this book, it appears that one common complaint is that the book seems to be a series of different stories that start, get interrupted and then get picked up again. I agree that the format for this book isn't the typical plot of a novel where there is a strong...

from booklovers2

I absolutely love Isabel Allende! Her writing transports me into the story so immensely that I am living with the characters. This book is not only entertaining, heart breaking, inspiring it is also is a lesson of how the Japanese were treated during difficult time in the United States. I am in a...