{"product_id":"a-pale-view-of-hills-kazuo-ishiguro","title":"A Pale View of Hills (Kazuo Ishiguro)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM  DIRECTED BY KEI ISHIKAWA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKazuo Ishiguro's highly acclaimed debut, first published in 1982, tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories start to take on a disturbing cast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A macabre and faultlessly worked enigma.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the outstanding fictional debuts of recent years.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delicate, ironic, elliptical novel . Its characters are remarkably convincing . but what one remembers is its balance, halfway between elegy and irony.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An extraordinarily fine first novel . its themes are deceptively large and uncommonly haunting.'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His books have been translated into over fifty languages and \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ewere both made into acclaimed films. He received a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in both hardback and paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIshiguro also works occasionally as a screenwriter. His screenplay for \u003ci\u003eLiving\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) received Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA nominations. Film adaptations of \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Pale View of Hills \u003c\/i\u003eare due for release in 2026., (Shorter\/Catalogue version)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize, and have been translated into over fifty languages. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in both hardback and paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65933256687965,"sku":"K013906962","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1390696200001A.jpg?v=1789512570","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-pale-view-of-hills-kazuo-ishiguro","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}