In “The Japanese Lover” you can feel the same powerful breath as in Isabel Allende’s previous books, which have sold millions of copies around the world... We recommend reading with pleasure! The Washington Post

In your new long-awaited novel "The Japanese Lover" by Isabel Allende unfolds an amazing saga of fate, military adversity and a love that can stand the test of time. On the eve of World War II, little Alma is sent from Poland to relatives in San Francisco. There she falls in love with a Japanese boy, the son of a gardener. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the gardener's family, like many Japanese who settled in the United States, was sent to an internment camp. Children are doomed to be separated. And for many years they have to hide their love from the world. Even today, Alma’s grandson and her assistant Irina learn about this story. In the chain of mysterious events “that are driven by love,” new twists and turns arise.