Book description
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day
Here is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a novel where past and present…
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A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro is a thought-provoking novel that delves into themes of memory, guilt, and the impact of the past on the present.
The story follows Etsuko, a middle-aged Japanese woman living in England, as she reflects on her life in post-World War II Nagasaki. Through her recollections, Etsuko recounts her friendship with Sachiko, a fellow survivor, and Sachiko's troubled daughter, Mariko.
As Etsuko navigates her memories, the narrative explores the complexities of rebuilding life after trauma and the haunting nature of unresolved grief. Ishiguro's debut novel is marked by its subtle, evocative prose and…
On one of our first dates, my future husband gave me a book by Kazuo Ishiguro – it was love! Both with the future husband and the amazing author.
Ishiguro has a gift for cutting to the kernel of what it means to love, in a way that is beautiful and heartbreaking but in away that avoids being overly sentimental. When I first read A View of Pale Hills, a story centered on a woman reflecting on her time in Nagasaki before she moved to England, I was mesmerized.
I wanted to give the book to everyone I knew,…
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