When We Were Orphans
by ISHIGURO, KAZUO
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0375724400
- ISBN 13
- 9780375724404
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A: Vintage/Random House, 2000. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Vintage Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, tight, unmarked. Cover has minimal edgewear on lower edge, bottom corner upturned a little. Story of renowned London detective Christopher Banks who was born in Shanghai at the beginning of the 20th century where he lived happily until his parents disappeared and he was orphaned. Twenty years later he is a celebrated figure in London society but his criminal expertise gained as a detective has not helped to find out what his parents' alleged kidnapping was all about. He travels back to Shanghai and finds the Sino-japanese raging. He hardly reconizes it and his own memories are difficult to trust. Suspenseful andf psychologically acute. A profound meditation on the shifting quality of memory and the possibility of avenging one's past. Booker Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. 336 pages. 8 x 5.25 inches. Vintage/Random House, New York, 2000.
Synopsis
When We Were Orphans is a novel by the British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2000.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019292
- Title
- When We Were Orphans
- Author
- ISHIGURO, KAZUO
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0375724400
- ISBN 13
- 9780375724404
- Publisher
- Vintage/Random House
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- PARENTS; DEATH; PSYCHOLOGY; BRITISH CHINA, SHANGHAI; PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS; MISSING PERSONS;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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