![]() ![]() ![]() The story is narrated by Etsuko, a Japanese woman who came to England with her second husband, and it begins with an unexpected visit from her younger daughter, Niki. Obviously, it was meant to be, so I snatched it up and ended up reading it a few days later – and here’s the review □Ī Pale View of Hills was Ishiguro’s first book, originally published in 1982, a short novel drawing on the writer’s roots. You see, on a trip to the city last week, we visited ‘the big Dymocks’ (as my daughter calls it!), and not only did I find the book I was missing, there was even a copy without the dull, minimalist modern cover. My recent reread of When We Were Orphans reminded me that my Kazuo Ishiguro collection wasn’t quite complete as I was missing his first novel, but while I was planning to get myself a copy at some point, ‘some point’ arrived rather sooner than expected. ![]()
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