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When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

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ISBN13: 9780375410543
ISBN10: 0375410546
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Review:

"One of the finest prose stylists of our time." --Michael Ondaatje
Ishiguro is--an original and remarkable genius." --The New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

During the Sino-Japanese War, a young man returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance some 20 years earlier. A feat of narrative skill and soaring imagination, "When We Were Orphans" is Ishiguro at his brilliant best.

About the Author

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. He is the author of four previous novels, including The Remains of the Day, an international best-seller that won the Booker Prize and was adapted into an award-winning film. Ishiguro's work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 1995, he received an Order of the British Empire for service to literature, and in 1998 was named a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780375410543
Author:
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
British
Subject:
Private investigators
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Missing persons
Subject:
Parents
Subject:
Shanghai
Edition Number:
1st American ed.
Edition Description:
American
Series Volume:
105-955
Publication Date:
September 2000
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.55x6.00x1.39 in. 1.40 lbs.

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