Ichiguchi Keiko

The Second World War is about to blow. The brothers Elen and Maximillian are students that struggle at becoming part of nazist organizations. Elen meets Alex in a short trip. A few years later, they meet again and find out they're in love for each other. But they're emotionally wounded by the war and stay apart. Occasionally, the three of them get closer, but that's just the start of the tragedy.

By the end of the 1980s Nae wants to become a journalist more than anything and to leave Japan for the country where everything is possible, the United States. Until she is able to fulfill this dream, Nae shares her passion for American culture with her friends. Where will the road to America, so near yet so far, lead them, halfway between dream and disappointment? America describes the myth of the American Dream for young Japanese people who sometimes regard their traditions as obstacles between them and their dream. America is especially dear to Keiko Ichiguchi. In this book, she paints an inner portrait of young Japanese’s torments without falling into platitudes yet flirting with realism and tragedy.