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Damals in Nagasaki

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In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills , 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 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.

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Damals in Nagasaki, Kazuo Ishiguro

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1984
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Language
German
Publisher
Arche
Released
1984
Format
Paperback
Pages
251
ISBN10
371602015X
ISBN13
9783716020159
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First published
1982
Original title
A Pale View of Hills
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In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills , 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 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.