When We Were Orphans: A Novel (Vintage International)
Product ID: 11849157
🌏Set in pre-WWII Shanghai & UK
📚Paperback edition, easy to carry
🕵️♂️Detective mystery with layered narrative
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Description
📖 Unlock the past, solve the mystery, and join the literary elite.
- CULTURALLY RICH SETTING - Immerse yourself in the atmospheric backdrop of 1930s Shanghai and post-colonial reflections.
- ELEGANT PROSE DEEP THEMES - Experience Kazuo Ishiguro’s signature sophisticated storytelling that blends memory, identity, and history.
- INTRIGUING NON LINEAR MYSTERY - Follow Christopher Banks’ fragmented quest to uncover his parents’ disappearance, keeping you hooked till the last page.
- THOUGHT PROVOKING REFLECTIVE - Perfect for readers who crave intellectual depth and emotional complexity in fiction.
- CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BESTSELLER - Join thousands of readers who rated it 4.0 stars and propelled it into top ranks in Contemporary Literature.
When We Were Orphans is a paperback novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that masterfully combines a detective mystery with introspective literary fiction. Set against the evocative backdrop of pre-WWII Shanghai and the UK, it follows Christopher Banks’ quest to find his missing parents. Praised for its elegant prose, complex narrative structure, and deep exploration of memory and identity, this critically acclaimed bestseller ranks highly in Contemporary Literature and Mystery genres.
Specifications
| Best Sellers Rank | #83,557 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,308 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #4,054 in Literary Fiction (Books) #9,505 in American Literature (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (4,512) |
| Dimensions | 5.16 x 0.74 x 7.96 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 0375724400 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0375724404 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 335 pages |
| Publication date | October 30, 2001 |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
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