by Kazuo Ishiguro · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375726101
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«When We Were Orphans» is the historical mystery novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, published by Vintage Books in paperback (335 pages, in English).
Christopher Banks, an English boy raised in Shanghai, loses his parents after their mysterious disappearance and is sent to England. Twenty years later, now a detective, he returns to the city to discover what happened. The novel combines investigation and memories, and reflects on memory, identity, and the weight of the past.
The novel originally appeared in 2000; this edition is from 2002. The novel was nominated for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award.
Recommended for readers of literary, historical, and mystery fiction, and for those who appreciate novels by the author of The Remains of the Day.
