by Kazuo Ishiguro · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571225408
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«When We Were Orphans» is the mystery and historical fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Christopher Banks grows up an orphan in England after the disappearance of his parents in the Shanghai of his childhood. In the 1930s, now a celebrated detective, he returns to the city, ravaged by the Sino-Japanese War, to solve the case. The novel explores memory, self-deception and the power of the past over the present.
Originally published in 2000, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Prize in the novel category.
For readers of literary and mystery fiction interested in memory, identity and the 1930s.
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