After the crime novel
El juego de Ripper[Ripper] (2014), which surprised her devout, long-time readers, Allende returned to a subject dealing with love (and the lack of it) with
El amante japonés(2015)
.If in
El plan infinito[The Infinite Plan] (1991) Allende had already explored an enduring love that persisted for decades well into old age, in
El amante japonéslove in old age is also the main focus. This also marked a departure after the emphasis on youth of
El cuaderno de Maya[Maya’s Notebook] (2011) (whose teenage protagonist was deemed rather questionable in her cultivated way of expressing herself, resembling a woman Allende’s age rather than a teenager). That Allende published
El amante japonésafter her separation from her twenty-seven-year partner, crime author and…
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Citation: Gomez-Galisteo, M. Carmen. "El amante japonés". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 April 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35908, accessed 24 November 2024.]
