A Pale View of Hills
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Journal Entry 1 by bestfriends from - Ergens in de provincie, Gelderland Netherlands on Saturday, August 13, 2011
In het 'Terre des Hommes' winkeltje in Wageningen gevonden.
A Pale View of Hills is the story of Etsuko, a middle-aged Japanese woman living alone in England, and opens with discussion between Etsuko and her younger daughter, Niki, about the recent suicide of Etsuko's older daughter, Keiko. Etsuko's thoughts, however, dwell not on either of her daughters so much as on the more distant past and the mysterious relationship she formed with a woman named Sachiko and with the woman's young daughter, Mariko, some years before in post-war Nagasaki.
I was much impressed by this novel. It leaves more questions hanging than that the reader gets answered, so I intend to reread it soon.
A Pale View of Hills is the story of Etsuko, a middle-aged Japanese woman living alone in England, and opens with discussion between Etsuko and her younger daughter, Niki, about the recent suicide of Etsuko's older daughter, Keiko. Etsuko's thoughts, however, dwell not on either of her daughters so much as on the more distant past and the mysterious relationship she formed with a woman named Sachiko and with the woman's young daughter, Mariko, some years before in post-war Nagasaki.
I was much impressed by this novel. It leaves more questions hanging than that the reader gets answered, so I intend to reread it soon.
