A Pale View of Hills

Kazuo Ishiguro

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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go

In his highly acclaimed debut, Kazuo Ishiguro tells 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 night 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.

Review

An original and remarkable genius., New York Times

A macabre and faultlessly worked enigma., Sunday Times

A delicate, ironic, elliptical novel. Its characters are remarkably convincing. but what one remembers is its balance, halfway between elegy and irony., New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight works of fiction have earned him many awards and honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go were made into acclaimed films. Ishiguro also writes screenplays and song lyrics. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Kazuo Ishiguro
Vydavatel	Faber & Faber
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	měkká
Počet stran	192
Formát	12,4 × 19,5 cm
EAN	9780571258253
Rok vydání	2010
Edice	Dobrodružné, válečné, historické romány Překladová beletrie Současná beletrie