This is Ishiguro's first novel recently reissued by Faber and as elusive and as captivating as his later works. The narrator, middle-aged Etsuko, shifts between her present life in England and her memories of one hot summer just after WW II in Nagasaki which conjure up her relationship with a mysterious woman and her strange, little daughter. As in a dream we are never quite sure what is happening or quite who anyone is.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 52 July 2009 ) |
