A Pale View Of Hills
ISBN:
9780571118663 (0571118666)
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Dieser Roman von Ishiguro erinnert mich sehr an Murakami, es ist alles etwas mysteriös mit vielen wagen Andeutungen und auch sehr japanisch von der Prägung der Figuren her. Frauen müssen sich sehr unterwürfig darstellen, tun sie es nicht, stoßen sie auf komplettes Unverständnis und auch Männer könn...
I've read two Ishiguro novels before, so I sort of knew what to expect. Though the subjects at the heart of his novel can be night and day, there seems to be a similarity in tone and in narrative voice. Expecting that, I went into A Pale View of Hills looking for the trap, hoping to spot in what way...
Review to come! P.S. : I really liked it.
Ishiguro weak point; not terrible, certainly readable, but isn't this just Madam butterfly all over again? some Japanese girl gets her heart broken over a foreigner, a tale told time and againalthough containing effective description and taut prose, does contain the depths of Ishiguro's other work ....
Ishiguro's A Pale View of the Hills, despite being his debut, is no less an emotional tale than his other better known works. It is a delicately woven tapestry of several themes, stitched together by the gift of Ishiguro's masterful but tender story-telling. Through the eyes of Etsuko, the protagon...
12 years ago
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