Product Description
From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, he can look forward to a bright future. And he just can’t understand guys like Private Joe Kelly, who throw away their lives in the States by marrying local girls. But then Lloyd meets Hana-ogi. After that, nothing matters anymore . . . nothing but her.

Praise for James A. Michener

“A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”
—The New York Times
 
“Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.”
—Chicago Tribune

“While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”
—Los Angeles Times
Review
“A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”
—The New York Times
 
“Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.”
—Chicago Tribune

“While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”
—Los Angeles Times
From the Inside Flap
A brilliant tale of love and war, SAYONARA tells the story of Major Lloyd Gruver, son of an army general stationed in Japan, dating a general's daughter, and happy with his life. He didn't understand the soldiers who fell in love with Japanese girls. Then he met Hana-ogi. After that nothing mattered anymore. Nothing but her....
About the Author
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning
Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels
The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and
Caravans, and the memoir
The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.