Apr 09 2020
Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: The Japanese Lover

Second Thursday Fiction Book Group: The Japanese Lover

Presented by Hoover Public Library at Hoover Public Library

Allende’s magical and sweeping tale focuses on two survivors of separation and loss: the elderly, renowned designer Alma Belasco, whose silk-screened creations fuel the family foundation, and her young secretary, mysterious Irina Bazili, who works at the progressive old people’s home, Lark House, where Alma lives. Their narratives, however, go far beyond the retelling of Alma’s remarkable affair with a Japanese gardener’s son, Ichimei Fukuda, its heartbreaking end, and her subsequent marriage to loyal friend Nathaniel—or Irina’s heartbreaking struggle to break free of her haunting past. Allende sweeps these women up in the turmoil of families torn apart by WWII and ravaged by racism, poverty, horrific sexual abuse—and old age, to which Allende pays eloquent attention.

Admission Info

FREE

Phone: 205-444-7820

Dates & Times

2020/04/09 - 2020/04/09

Location Info

Hoover Public Library

200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, AL 35216