Wartime Lights
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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro knows the book so well that he can recite it by heart! Winner of the Booker Prize 50th Anniversary Grand Prize "Golden Booker Prize" and a rare "poetry and novel all-rounder" in the world of literature, Ondaatje! Ondaatje's another classic masterpiece after "The English Patient"! If there's anyone else you're worried about, reading "Wartime Lights" may help you feel better. Ondaatje's imagination borders on the surreal! --Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro. Obama recommends books! Excellent translation! Bonus: "The Prism of Memory" written by Professor Wu Gang of Shanghai International Studies University and exquisite illustrations! "Life is 'schwer' (distress)." In 1945, 14-year-old Nathaniel's parents passed away, leaving him and his sister in the care of two possible criminals. The person nicknamed "Moth" is elusive all day long, and the identity of "Bartman" does not seem to be simple. They also bring with them a group of strangers, each of whom seems to have a secret and seems to have some kind of relationship with the boy's mother. More than ten years later, 31-year-old Nathaniel is still brooding over his mother's sudden abandonment. He is determined to dig out the incomprehensible past and try to piece together the complete story of that year...
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