When We Were Orphans

ISBN 10: 0571205623 ISBN 13: 9780571205622

Verlag: Faber And Faber, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy., Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realises the time has come for him to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by his doing so will civilisation be saved from the approaching catastrophe. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a story of memory, intrigue and the need to return; of a childhood vision of the world surviving deep into adulthood, indelibly shaping and distorting a person's life. If you enjoyed When We Were Orphans, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.

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Reseña del editor:

England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society.

Biografía del autor:

Kazuo Ishiguro's seven published books have won him wide renown and many honours around the world. His work has been translated into over forty languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Faber editions alone, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. His latest novel is The Buried Giant.

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• Verlag: Faber And Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0571205623
• ISBN 13: 9780571205622
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256