The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation
The first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, originally published in 1982. Etsuko is a Japanese woman now living alone in England. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and came to Britain at the age of five. He is the author of six novels: A Pale View of Hills (1982, Winifred Holtby Prize), An Artist of the Floatin
