{"product_id":"9780804151443","title":"Sayonara","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's \u003ci\u003eHawaii.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for James A. Michener\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078792462576,"sku":"9780804151443","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804151443_p0.jpg?v=1763669019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804151443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}