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Title | A Pale View of Hills | Height | 198 mm |
Author | Kazuo Ishiguro | Width | 129 mm |
ISBN-13 | 9780571162833 | Binding | PAPERBACK |
ISBN-10 | #0571162835 | Spine Width | 14 mm |
Publisher | Penguin Books | Pages | 224 |
Edition | NEW | Availability | Out Of Stock |

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A Pale View of Hills
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Haunted by her daughters suicide, Etsuko, a Japanese widow living in England, retreats to the past... Her reminiscences take her back to a hot, insect-ridden summer in Nagasaki, where she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But when her recollections turn to her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - and her litt Haunted by her daughters suicide, Etsuko, a Japanese widow living in England, retreats to the past... Her reminiscences take her back to a hot, insect-ridden summer in Nagasaki, where she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But when her recollections turn to her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - and her little girl, Mariko, the memories take on a disturbing cast. Past and present become fused in a narrative of disturbing poignancy.