EPISODE · Sep 8, 2015 · 10 MIN
Sayonara: A Novel by James A. Michener
from Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & War · host Sophia Sipes
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sayonara: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: 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
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sayonara: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: 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
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