A middle-aged Japanese woman living alone in England struggles with the recent suicide of her elder daughter, Keiko, as her surviving daughter tries to pull her back to the present. Unable to move forward, Etsuko drifts into memories of a pivotal summer in post-war Nagasaki, where her past and present sorrows become inextricably woven together. Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel explores grief, displacement, and the weight of unresolved trauma across generations and continents.
