When We Were Orphans
Jan 2001 · Sold by Vintage
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun and The Remains of the Day.
England, 1930s. Christopher Banks is the country’s most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one mystery haunts him: the disappearance of his parents in old Shanghai when he was a boy. Returning to the labyrinthine city of his memory, Banks seeks answers to his painful past, only to find Shanghai ravaged by war—and his own recollections as unreliable as the people around him. Masterful, suspenseful and psychologically acute, When We Were Orphans is a haunting meditation on the shifting quality of memory, and the possibility of reclaiming one’s past.
England, 1930s. Christopher Banks is the country’s most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one mystery haunts him: the disappearance of his parents in old Shanghai when he was a boy. Returning to the labyrinthine city of his memory, Banks seeks answers to his painful past, only to find Shanghai ravaged by war—and his own recollections as unreliable as the people around him. Masterful, suspenseful and psychologically acute, When We Were Orphans is a haunting meditation on the shifting quality of memory, and the possibility of reclaiming one’s past.
FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun and The Remains of the Day.
England, 1930s. Christopher Banks is the country’s most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one mystery haunts...
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8 reviews
Linda Ermanni
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March 5, 2016
Keeps you wanting to know more. Full of twists and turns with a quality story to finish off some interesting historical accounts of British occupation.
Cindy Murray
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April 21, 2015
Interesting story I hope this never happens!
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Kazuo Ishiguro is the 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Both The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have sold more than 1 million copies, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. Ishiguro's other work includes The Buried Giant, Nocturnes, A Pale View of the Hills, and An Artist of the Floating World.
Kazuo Ishiguro is the 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Both The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have sold more than 1 million copies, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. Ishiguro's other work includes The...
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