Format:
313 S
,
port
,
22cm
ISBN:
0571203841
,
0571204406
Content:
England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realises the time has come for him to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by his doing so will civilisation be saved from the approaching catastrophe. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a story of memory, intrigue and the need to return; of a childhood vision of the world surviving deep into adulthood, indelibly shaping and distorting a person's life. If you enjoyed When We Were Orphans, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.
Note:
Bibliogr. S. [II]
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Schanghai
;
Detektiv
;
Suche
;
Eltern
;
Geschichte 1937
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
Author information:
Ishiguro, Kazuo 1954-
