A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills is Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel, published by Faber and Faber in London in February 1982. Etsuko, a Japanese woman living alone in England, recalls postwar Nagasaki after her elder daughter's suicide. It won the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was filmed in 2025.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Faber & Faber, 1982
- First published
- Faber and Faber, London, 1982
The first edition of A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro was published in London by Faber & Faber in 1982. We track 2 editions, with the points that separate the first printing from later ones.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- A Pale View of Hills film, 2025
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- Followed by
- An Artist of the Floating World
In print
- Editions recorded
- 27 on Open Library, 11 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 16 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of A Pale View of Hills?
The first edition of A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro was published in London by Faber & Faber in 1982.
How many editions of A Pale View of Hills are there?
We track 2 editions of A Pale View of Hills, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has A Pale View of Hills been adapted?
Yes, including A Pale View of Hills (film, 2025), according to Wikidata.
What should I read after A Pale View of Hills?
In order, it is followed by An Artist of the Floating World, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- A Pale View of Hills, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A Pale View of Hills (Faber and Faber, 1982), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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