“When We Were Orphans” Kazuo Ishiguro (2000) Review | Tender memories, are they?

★★★★☆ Nostalgia, it is the big theme in this book. Christopher and Akira playing innocently in their childhood in Shanghai. Full of fun and tender memories. But are they?

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When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro, 2000
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It’s a book from Ishiguro, so the writing is beautiful, that’s given.
Nostalgia, it is the big theme in this book, full of fun and tender memories.

Christopher and Akira playing innocently during their childhood in Shanghai. After growing up to become a detective in England, though through some slow confusions, Christopher finally decides to take on a mission, the reality, of the disappearance of his parents.

Ishiguro doesn’t explain things in a chronological order.
How much is real, how much is carefully made up?

He goes wondering around the city of Shanghai blindly without a solid clue or valid understanding, as he is wondering around in his memories.
Beautifully written.

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When We Were Orphans: A Novel