num_pages: 208
description: 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.
language: English
title: Sayonara
titlecomplete: Sayonara
characters: Hana-Ogi, Major Lloyd Gruver
genres: Asia, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Japan, War, Romance, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 2969
places: Osaka, Japan, Kobe
publisher: Fawcett Crest