When We Were Orphans
Registered by Soongsis2 on 8/30/2004
3 journalers for this copy...
Couldn't really put a finger on how I feel about this book - ambivalent would be the word.
Synopsis from book:
Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early twentieth-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. Sent to live in England, he grows up to become a renowned detective and, more than twenty years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of their disappearance. Brilliantly crafted - a feat of both complex logic and soaring imagination - rich in emotional and psychological detail, When We Were Orphans is Kazuo Ishiguro at his atstonishing best.
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Synopsis from book:
Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early twentieth-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. Sent to live in England, he grows up to become a renowned detective and, more than twenty years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of their disappearance. Brilliantly crafted - a feat of both complex logic and soaring imagination - rich in emotional and psychological detail, When We Were Orphans is Kazuo Ishiguro at his atstonishing best.
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Bookray Started. Please PM me if interested to join.
List of participants:
1. Sunneschii - Switzerland
2. d-o-m - UK
3. katayoun - Iran **Lost in Transit**
4.AceofHearts - Canada
5. shpriz1 - US
6. kelwood - US
--new--
7. wyldewomin - US
--new--
8. tantan - Australia
release into the wild
List of participants:
1. Sunneschii - Switzerland
2. d-o-m - UK
3. katayoun - Iran **Lost in Transit**
4.
5. shpriz1 - US
--new--
7. wyldewomin - US
--new--
8. tantan - Australia
release into the wild
What a Christmas gift! It arrived today at my house!
Thank you, Soongsis2!
It try to read it as fast as possible!
Thank you, Soongsis2!
It try to read it as fast as possible!
It's a good book, thank you Soongsis2.
It's amazing, how ignorant and arrogant Christopher Banks is making his way. Only because of the great way to tell the story, the book is a pleasure to read.
It's amazing, how ignorant and arrogant Christopher Banks is making his way. Only because of the great way to tell the story, the book is a pleasure to read.
Journal Entry 5 by Sunneschii at BookRing in ☑ 'Controlled Release' > Country > Province > City, .---controlled release---. Switzerland on Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Released on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at about 5:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at BookRing in controlled release, ---controlled release--- Switzerland.
RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
Received today!
I should be able to start reading it next week.
Update 23/01/05. I am starting this book today.
I should be able to start reading it next week.
Update 23/01/05. I am starting this book today.
I'm not sure whether I liked this book or not. I was certainly involved and wanted to know the outcome, but I don't think I cared about the main character. The narrative approach was very unusual, this book is written in the first person but it was almost as if the narrator was describing the actions of someone else and not himself, he was so detached. Unusual.
Posted to katayoun today.
I couldn't decide whether to release this or just make a journal entry. There does not seem to be a convention. I went for the latter. I hope that is is OK.
I couldn't decide whether to release this or just make a journal entry. There does not seem to be a convention. I went for the latter. I hope that is is OK.