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Sayonara: A Novel
by Michener, James A
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Michener Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0449204146
- ISBN 13
- 9780449204146
- Seller
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About This Item
1991. Mass media paperback. Michener Near Fine . 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ex-owner name ffep About the book: 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 cant 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, writings 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
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Sun Also Rises
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005319
- Title
- Sayonara: A Novel
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Mass media paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Michener Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0449204146
- ISBN 13
- 9780449204146
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾\" tall
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I have been selling on the nternet since 1997. As the store name indicates, I am a Hemingway fan, but I also have interest in the Old West, Christian books, classic,
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