The Japanese Lover
By Isabel Allende
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 7/10
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(7/10)
322 pages
What’s it about?
Alma Belasco is 8 years old when she flees Warsaw to stay with her aunt and uncle in San Francisco. Alma befriends Ichimei Fukada, the Japanese son of the family gardener, and begins a 50 year love affair. This is their story.What did it make me think about?
How much societal norms have changed for the better.
Should I read it?
It was a quick, light, summer beach book.
Quote-
“First of all, the Japanese could not go outside a radius of 5 miles from their homes without a special permit and had to obey a nighttime curfew from eight p.m. To six a.m. The authorities began to raid houses and confiscate possessions; they arrested influential men who might incite treason,community leaders,company directors, teachers, pastors, and took them away to undisclosed locations; their terrified wives and children were left behind. The Japanese had to quickly sell off whatever they owned at knockdown prices, and to close their businesses.”
What’s it about?
Alma Belasco is 8 years old when she flees Warsaw to stay with her aunt and uncle in San Francisco. Alma befriends Ichimei Fukada, the Japanese son of the family gardener, and begins a 50 year love affair. This is their story.What did it make me think about?
How much societal norms have changed for the better.
Alma Belasco is 8 years old when she flees Warsaw to stay with her aunt and uncle in San Francisco. Alma befriends Ichimei Fukada, the Japanese son of the family gardener, and begins a 50 year love affair. This is their story.What did it make me think about?
How much societal norms have changed for the better.
Should I read it?
It was a quick, light, summer beach book.
Quote-
“First of all, the Japanese could not go outside a radius of 5 miles from their homes without a special permit and had to obey a nighttime curfew from eight p.m. To six a.m. The authorities began to raid houses and confiscate possessions; they arrested influential men who might incite treason,community leaders,company directors, teachers, pastors, and took them away to undisclosed locations; their terrified wives and children were left behind. The Japanese had to quickly sell off whatever they owned at knockdown prices, and to close their businesses.”
