A Pale View Of Hills

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* Kazuo Ishiguro's highly acclaimed debut; first published in 1982; 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 as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories start to take on a disturbing cast. 'A macabre and faultlessly worked enigma.' Sunday Times 'One of the outstanding fictional debuts of recent years.' Observer 'A delicate; ironic; elliptical novel . Its characters are remarkably convincing . but what one remembers is its balance; halfway between elegy and irony.' New York Times Book Review 'An extraordinarily fine first novel . its themes are deceptively large and uncommonly haunting.' Los Angeles Times