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Sayonara Hardback 1st edition cover Author(s) James A. Michener Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fiction Publisher Random House Publication date 1953 Media type Print Pages: 243 pp. ISBN: 0394443853 / 0-394-44385-3 |
Sayonara (1954), is a novel published by American author James A. Michener about the Japanese word "sayonara." Set during the early 1950s, Sayonara tells the story of Major Gruver, a soldier stationed in Japan, who falls in love with Hana-Ogi, a Japanese woman. The novel follows their cross-cultural Japanese romance and illuminates the racism of the post-WWII time period. |
Film adaptations Sayonara was made into a film of the same name in 1957 directed by Joshua Logan and starring Marlon Brando. |