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A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo Ishiguro · Literary Fiction
38 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
psychological thrillerunreliable narratortrauma recoverymultiple timelines
psychological thrillerunreliable narrator
#308 All Time
About this book
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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