title: Sayonara (novel)
text: # Sayonara (novel)
  
  Sayonara (1954) is a novel published by American author James A. Michener. Set during the early 1950s, it 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-World War II time period.
  
  ## Film adaptation
  
  Sayonara was made into a film of the same name in 1957 directed by Joshua Logan and starring Marlon Brando.
  
  