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A Pale View of Hills

A Pale View of Hills

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Pages
192
Published
1982
Language
English

Synopsis

Etsuko, a Japanese woman living alone in England, grapples with the recent suicide of her daughter. She retreats into memories of a hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends rebuilt their lives after the war. As she recalls a strange friendship with Sachiko, a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy, these memories begin to take on a disturbing cast.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

SadMelancholicDarkReflective
Dual TimelineUnreliable Narrator

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Psychology History World War II Psychological Thriller

About the author

K
Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL (/kæˈzuːoʊ ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊəroʊ, ˈkæzuoʊ -/ kaz-OO-oh ISH-ig-OOR-oh, KAZ-oo-oh -⁠; born 8 November 1954) is an English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five. He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 2017 citation, the Swedish Academ...

Characters

EtsukoProtagonist
SachikoSupporting
All characters in A Pale View of Hills

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