When We Were Orphans
– Kazuo Ishiguro
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Similar in its Kafka like tone to The Unconsoled,
the narrator moves through 20 years of his search for his parents who
disappeared in Shanghai when he was a young boy. As the story progresses, we move from realism to a Sam Spade
vision of Shanghai in the 20’s and 30’s. The plot is tenuous and full of
coincidences, yet Ishiguro’s storytelling skills hold our interest and the
story is a compelling one. Not as
unsettling and intense as The Unconsoled, Ishiguro continues to be an author
whose every book is intriguing and
highly readable.
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