The Japanese Lover

The Japanese Lover follows Irina Bazili, a young caregiver at Lark House, a residence for elderly people in present-day San Francisco. There she encounters Alma Belasco and learns of Alma's lifelong, secret relationship with Ichimei Fukuda, a Japanese American man she met as a child. The novel moves across San Francisco, Poland, and the United States, connecting a wartime love story with themes of displacement, family, prejudice, memory, and aging.

by Isabel Allende

Vintage Espa̋nol · First published 2015 · 345 pages