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When We Were Orphans by Ishiguro, Kazuo is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is When We Were Orphans about?
'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.
Who reads When We Were Orphans?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571283880
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.45 / 5 (176 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- When We Were Orphans (2000)
- When We Were Orphans: A Novel (2000)
- When We Were Orphans (2013)
- When We Were Orphans Anthology (2000)
- When We Were Orphans (2001)
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- Öksüzlüğümüz (2015)
- When We Were Orphans: A Novel (2001)
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