A Pale View of Hills

by Kazuo Ishiguro

First published 2019

Etsuko, a Japanese woman living alone in England, reflects on her life in the aftermath of World War II. Memories of her time in Nagasaki, where she struggled to rebuild her life after the war, slowly surface. As Etsuko's daughter Keiko grapples with her own inner turmoil, the two women confront the ghosts of the past, seeking solace and understanding in their shared experiences of loss and resilience.

Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, world-war-ii, asian-american, family-drama

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: family-drama, unreliable-narrator

192 pages · Paperback · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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