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The Resource When we were orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro

When we were orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro

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Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him fame has done little to illuminate the circumstances of his parents' alleged kidnappings. Banks travels to the seething, labyrinthine city of his memory in hopes of solving the mystery of his own, painful past, only to find that war is ravaging Shanghai beyond recognition-and that his own recollections are proving as difficult to trust as the people around him
Language
eng
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When we were orphans
Title
When we were orphans
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him fame has done little to illuminate the circumstances of his parents' alleged kidnappings. Banks travels to the seething, labyrinthine city of his memory in hopes of solving the mystery of his own, painful past, only to find that war is ravaging Shanghai beyond recognition-and that his own recollections are proving as difficult to trust as the people around him
Summary
Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-20th-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. He grows up to become a renowned detective, and more than 20 years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of the disappearances
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New York Times Notable Book, 2000
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digitized
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035777
Cataloging source
TEFOD
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1954-
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Ishiguro, Kazuo
Dewey number
823/.914
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6059.S5
LC item number
W48 2001eb
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1030
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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True
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  • Private investigators
  • British
  • Parents
  • Missing persons
  • Literary
  • British
  • Missing persons
  • Parents
  • Private investigators
  • Shanghai (China)
  • China
  • China
Target audience
adult
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When we were orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro
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online resource
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cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
ocn233705186
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780375412653
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
c
Publisher number
EB00173319
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
F06DD9FF-84E7-4CC9-8FF0-3FAB4466D163
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
When we were orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro
Link
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
ocn233705186
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780375412653
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
c
Publisher number
EB00173319
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
F06DD9FF-84E7-4CC9-8FF0-3FAB4466D163
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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