Sayonara, James A. Michener
Sayonara, James A. Michener
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Sayonara

Author: James A. Michener

Narrator: Larry McKeever

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2015

Synopsis

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

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fonch on March 10, 2020

By James A. Mirchener. Dedicated with love to Japan the beautiful country of the rising sun. Ladies and gentlemen, I've been doubting that you'll notice putting a novel as beautiful and moving as this. I opted to finally put it 4.5 stars, but I didn't rule it out to five stars. Most readers will kno......more

Goodreads review by Greg on December 07, 2019

Sayonara speaks far beyond the detail within. 'Listen to the white world horribly weary from its immense effort its rebel joints cracking beneath the hard stars, its blue steel rigidities piercing the mystic flesh listen to its deceptive victories trumpeting its defeats listen to the grandiose alibis for......more

Goodreads review by Linda on January 03, 2015

My Japanese mom's favorite movie, of course, because she lived it. The movie is pretty true to Michener's tale but different, too. The book is always better but not the ending. The story is nothing new (Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story) but Sayonara adds the additional emotion of patriotism and disbe......more

Goodreads review by Fred on February 01, 2014

This is a real classic and racism at it's worst. A short book for Michener--I think his first--but a must read.......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl on October 25, 2010

Like all of Michener's books worth reading again and again.......more

Quotes

“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

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