Pale View of Hills
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The highly acclaimed debut by the Booker-Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, A Pale View of Hills is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But then as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories take on a disturbing cast.
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Format: Paperback, 224 pages, 135mm x 199mm
Published: 1999, Faber & Faber, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
The highly acclaimed debut by the Booker-Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, A Pale View of Hills is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But then as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories take on a disturbing cast.
Pale View of Hills