Kasuo Ishiguro bundle• 📘 When We Were Orphans • 📕 An Artist of the Floating World

📘 When We Were Orphans — Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN: 9780571205165 Publisher: Faber & Faber Year: 2000 Format: Paperback Condition: Used – Very Good A haunting and subtly unsettling novel from Nobel Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. Set between Edwardian England and war-torn Shanghai, When We Were Orphans follows detective Christopher Banks as he attempts to solve the mystery of his parents’ disappearance — and slowly confronts the unreliability of memory itself. Blending detective fiction with psychological and emotional depth, this is a quiet, atmospheric novel about loss, identity, and self-deception. Why you’ll like it • Literary mystery with emotional depth • Elegant, restrained prose • Ideal for readers of reflective, slow-burn fiction ⸻ 📕 An Artist of the Floating World — Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN: 9780571283873 Publisher: Faber & Faber Year: 2013 edition Format: Paperback Condition: Used – Very Good Set in post-war Japan, this early Ishiguro novel explores memory, guilt, and shifting values through the eyes of a retired artist reflecting on his past. As Japan rebuilds itself, the narrator begins to question his own role in a vanished world — and the moral compromises he once made. Quiet, reflective, and deeply humane, this is a novel about regret, responsibility, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. Why you’ll like it • Thoughtful post-war Japanese setting • Themes of memory, honour, and change • Perfect introduction to Ishiguro’s work Kasuo Ishiguro 2000 9780571205165 When we were orphans An artist of the floating world 9780571283873 2013