A Pale View of Hills

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The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

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Yes, but still...........2007-08-14

I enjoy serious novels. In fact, I only like serious novels, and this is a serious effort to write a serious novel, an unabashedly literary novel. I fully agree with most of the positive comments in the older reviews, concerning "unreliable narrators" and onion-like layers of meaning. So why don't I like it? For one thing, Ishiguro doesn't write very well; he doesn't do sentences well; his prose sounds remarkably like academic translation of 19th C German or perhaps Hungarian. More significantly, his characters are all the same person; the aging Japanese woman in this book displays exactly the same sensibilities as the butler in "Remains of the Day". I've written critical reviews of several other Ishiguros;that implies, of course, that I take his work seriously enough to keep risking my reading time on it. "Pale View" was his first book; if I'd read it before the others, I would almost certainly have been impressed. As it is, I don't feel that he's gone further in later books, and so I'm disappointed.

Subsequent story of Ozu's film " Tokyo Story ".......2007-03-02

This is a story of a family: a woman, her two husbands, their daughters, her father-in-law in Nagasaki, Japan and England. Having grown up to live a married life in Nagasaki, a woman lives alone in England. She spent Japan's post-war days in very poor but honorable way. It is an old fashioned way of life in Japan; people were all social and so were she. She maintained friendly relations with all-neighbors, friends and her relatives. She spoke to even a stranger like her friends. She called her husband's father "Ogata-San", which showed her respect for him. It's also humbleness of Japanese women in the past. Their conversation evokes me an Ozu Yasujiro's film, " Tokyo Story".
This is also a story of women; Etsuko, Sachiko, Mariko, Keiko, and Niki. all of them are eccentric in various aspects : Etsuko's neighbor Sachiko is eager to leave devastated post-war Japan to start over in America; Mariko, Sachiko' s daughter is sullen, always holding cat as if it was a security blanket. Keiko, one of Etsuko's daughter committed suicide. Tediousness in words exchanged between Etsuko and Niki, her another daughter expresses their disagreement with each other. Only Etsuko behaves normally among the others. Kazuo Ishiguro set her in a story as a subsidiary character essential for the development of the plot, I think. She spoke to the others and knew their living. Sometimes she felt compassion for them and sometime she persuaded them to have second thought, but in vain. Whether in Japan in the past or nowadays in England, she has had no fellow to evoke a sympathetic response from. She is always lonely. It casts a tinge of somberness on this story.

Subtle...Haunting...and Confusing.......2007-03-01

I turned to A Pale View of Hills almost immediately after finishing The Remains of the Day, which I loved. This one was good too, but not quite as satisfying. I think the main difference was that it was far more difficult to wrap my head around this one. Don't get me wrong: I read plenty of difficult books, and a challenging read doesn't bother me. The weird thing about this one, though, is that I didn't realize just how difficult it was until I was about three-fourths of the way through. Up until that point I would have called the book something like "subtle and haunting." But then I ran into this massive twist that made me doubt my entire interpretation of the book to that point. Were Sachiko and Mariko really the narrator's neighbors, viewed through the "pale" lense of memory, so that remembered experiences became confused and conflated? Or were they imaginary inversions of the narrator and her daughter, created by the narrator to help her deal with death and loss? And what about the ghost that Mariko kept seeing? Who was she? Was she real or imagined?

All of these questions kept me reading, kept pushing me forward...but then the book just kind of ended. I felt like the last chapter flew right over my head, and from reading through some of the reviews here it seems that others were left with the same feeling. I would definitely say that this is a worthwhile book, but at times the delicacy of the story-telling leads to large doses of ambiguity...and maybe that's the point. But despite some of my confusion, there were plenty of worthwhile themes that I found readily accessible...plenty of pain and guilt and fear and regret, along with an exploration of cultural and generational differences. In the final analysis I think "subtle and haunting" still describes A Pale View of Hills fairly well, but I would also add "difficult" and perhaps "downright confusing" to the list of apt adjectives. I have a feeling a second reading, knowing what I know now, would do a lot to help me unravel what happened at the end. I imagine I'll probably give it another go at some point in the future, and at any rate I'm still eager to read more by this author.

With good Character .......2006-12-24

The unreliable narrator builds the suspense. Metaphors are beautifully composed--the ground, the rope, the location of the house, the helpless animals, the binoculars, the child who knows too much and speaks in sullen, slightly hostile, vagueness...and the presence of light, men, darkness.

This novel twists and turns and leaves the reader breathless, unsure, and totally convinced, but never really sure what happened.

A delight to read. Horrifying and chilling. You won't want to put it down.

Ambiguous, and not for the faint of heart.......2006-12-07

Having read 4 or 5 other Ishiguro books, and with the goal of reading all his novels, I just finished reading this one last night.

This story of a woman, her life, her families, and her homes is disturbing and mysterious on many levels. Unlike his later books, Ishiguro does not cleanly unveil a single story here. Rather he raises the themes of the disintegration of social fabric after the Nagasaki bombing, the transformation of Japanese culture to a more western attitude, mother-daughter relations, and social climbing through a series of incidents that combine the actual story with distortions and failures in memory of the narrator Etsuko/Sachiko.

The power of the book is in the stark unfairness of Etsuko's actions, their inevitability, and that they probably happened a hundredfold in Japan in the 40s and 50s.

Personally, I found the obscureness of the underlying plot a bit thick. Even reviewing 5 or 6 commentaries on the book online this morning, I didn't get to the bottom of it, and can see some and perhaps all of the commentators I found are even more confused. Probably Ishiguro knew he was leaving ambiguity and loose ends, in fact in one interview he said as much. For example, I suspect a sinister interpretation of the "rope" Mariko referred to 2 or 3 times, but found little clarity online. But the power of the book is clear, this is my favorite of Ishiguro's books.

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A PALE VIEW OF HILLS
KAZUO ISHIGURO
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4 Book Set; a Pale View of Hills; the Remains of the Day; When We Were Orphans; Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro

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4 Book Set; a Pale View of Hills; the Remains of the Day; When We Were Orphans; Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
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4 Book Set; a Pale View of Hills; the Remains of the Day; When We Were Orphans; Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Pale View of Hills

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A Pale View of Hills

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Cultural displacement and the mother-daughter relationship in Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills.(Critical essay): An article from: West Virginia University Philological Papers

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Cultural displacement and the mother-daughter relationship in Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills.(Critical essay): An article from: West Virginia University Philological Papers
Ruth Forsythe
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Title: Cultural displacement and the mother-daughter relationship in Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills.(Critical essay)
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A PALE VIEW OF HILLS
Kazuo. ISHIGURO
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A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo ISHIGURO
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Sizziling

Zane Mackenzie

The McKenzie Family

Maris was good

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The Mackenzie Family: Mackenzie's Pleasure and Mackenzie's Magic
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Linda Howard has won many awards for her outstanding romance novels. This book about the Mackenzie family is no exception. It's been said that Zane Mackenzie can make a woman's toes curl, and Linda Howard goes all out to entrap us once again as the dynasty continues.

Maris, as the only Mackenzie daughter, can charm the wildest horse and the sexiest undercover FBI agent who's on the trail of a killer. However, when he lands in her bed, she doesn't remember what happened or how he got there because she has lost her memory.

With wry humor and well-drawn characters, The Mackenzie Family will keep you turning pages until you've reached the end:

"Absolutely not." The words were flat and implacable. "No way in hell." "You have to." He looked down at her with mingled exasperation and amusement. "Sweetheart, you've been the boss for so long that you've forgotten how to take orders. I'm running this show, not you, and you'll damn well do what I tell you to do, when I tell you to do it, or you're going to find yourself handcuffed and gagged and your sweet little ass stuffed in a closet until this is over." Maris batted her long eyelashes at him. "So you think my ass is sweet, huh?"

If you liked Mackenzie's Pleasure or Mackenzie's Magic, you'll leap at the chance to own this book. Even if you have never read anything by Linda Howard, you'll be addicted for sure once you get entangled in her characters' feisty web of love, lust, and humor. --Candy Paape

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Sizziling.......2001-03-01

The Mackenzie's family is absoulutely amazing. I have read some of the books about Wolf, Chance and Joe. I can't wait to get my hands on the other ones. These books are a must read. You won't be able to put them down. Linda Howard is the best and far most execellent writer I ever had the privilege to read her work. I only hope they keep coming.

Zane Mackenzie.......2001-01-07

I fell in love with Zane Mackenzie! The way Mrs. Howard kept me spellbound from beginning to end really got me interested in her other books. Of all the Mackenzie books, this one is by far the best. The other about Maris was okay, but it is Zane's story that I can read and reread several times! Thank you Linda Howard for introducing me to Zane! Please keep the Mackenzie books coming!

The McKenzie Family.......2000-03-13

These books will keep you turning the pages just to find out what is going to happen next.I am an avid reader and i was very impatient for the next book to hit the shelves.When it did i could'nt put it down. These books are keepers. I have them all and re-read them, they never fail to capture me all over again. If you want a great read pick up these books. You won't be sorry. Linda Howard is wonderful and her books are great. Happy reading.

Maris was good.......2000-01-07

Mackenzie's magic is the first and only book by Linda Howard which is translated to finnish. absolutely the best scene is about these five Mackenzie's standing there and watching the Maris husband. Then comes Mary and takes care of the situation. And what do these big guys say: Yes ma'am. Like in the old times at school.

After reading Magic in finnish, I read Mackenzie family in english (...and then Kell Sabin, Medina...). Think about Maris. She is got a warrior as a father and as a brother. She can't fall in love with the ordinary guy, so she finds a FBI-agent. Sure The beginning of the book was excellent. "Hi, I am sleeping with an almost naked hunk in some hotel room, I can't remember a thing. We have stolen a horse." Then she notices that the hunk wears boxer underwear, nothing white in cotton. And knows he is a cop. Absolutely hilarious.

Zane and Barrie fall in love in a day. Characters were good and there were enough adventure. Zane is a typical alpha-male warrior who wants to protect his woman and his child. YESSSSS!

can I give them more stars ;-).

The Mackenzie Family.......2000-01-07

Hi Linda, Like hundreds of viewers I couldn't put the Mackenzie family books down and have re-read them over and over. I would like to add my voice to the request for Chances story. hope it will come soon.Lots of friends here are also asking

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Chane and Zane.......2007-04-04

I stumbled across this series some time ago. It is a wonderful story about a blended family not just in ethnicity but by adoption as well. Linda Howard can tell a story as well as anyone but she keeps you interested where you simply can't put the book down.

A wonderful story very well told by Howard.......2007-03-11

I was into this book right from the start of it. It begins with Zane Mackenzie on a mission to locate Barrie Lovejoy, the rich ambassador's daughter. It isn't long before he finds Barrie Lovejoy tied up, and having been abused by very cruel men. He rescues Barrie and pulls her into safety until they can escape. It was love at first sight, but later in this part of the story tragedy happens in transport on a rescue boat. Zane is hurt pretty badly and taken via helicopter to the closest hospital. Barry fights to go with him, but they won't let her. Instead she is taken back to her father who is very overprotective. Barrie discovers that she is pregnant and is very depressed when her father won't let go of her. Barrie finds a way to escape her father's mansion, but as she is getting ready to, Zane finds her and much to Barrie's father's protestations, she leaves with Zane to start a new life with the baby.

Chance, Zane's brother, is in law-enforcement and assigned to capture Hauer, a terrorist, and bring him into justice. He had to find Sonny, the daughter of this man, and use her as bait to reach the man. When Chance arrives at the airport, he spots Sonny, and offers her a ride on his small plane to deliver an important package on time as Sonny is a currier, and is entrusted by her company to deliver promptly. Chance knows immediately that he loves this woman, and as the story goes, the small plane crashes to the ground, and they are stuck in a canyon. Survival won't be easy, but they manage until Zane arrives in a chopper a few days later to rescue them. Sonny will be found by her father again as Chance has purposely arranged her as bait to capture this dangerous man. And when it is all over, their short romance will probably have to end.

A great story well told and highly recommended.

One of the Best Romance Series.......2006-11-13

Along with Linda Howard's "Mackenzie's Legacy" (which includes "Mackenzie's Mission" and "Mackenzie's Mountain),
this is one of the best romance series I've read.

Linda Howard Fan.......2006-06-13

Game of Chance was good, Mackenzie's Pleasure was the best of the series.It's a shame her current her recent stuff sucks.

Worth buying for Mackenzie's Pleasure.......2006-01-23

In December 2005, I stumbled across this book (MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE) in a Silhouette edition twofer combining books by two different authors. Mackenzie's Pleasure, my Buried Treasure find for 2005, is the story of Zane Mackenzie, the youngest son of Wolf Mackenzie and his wife Mary Elizabeth (hero and heroine of Mackenzie's Mountain); I would love to see a twofer combining Mackenzie's Mountain with Mackenzie's Pleasure. Unfortunately, I have to settle for this book, which combines an excellent book with a less successful one.

Zane Mackenzie is called upon to execute a mission to rescue an ambassador's kidnapped daughter Barrie Lovejoy out of Libya. The first third of the book is about how the rescue takes place and with what consequences. In the second third, Zane and Barrie are separated by circumstances until they manage to find each other. Since there is a mystery and a bit of romantic suspense to the plot, I will not go further with the plot summary. It is probably sufficient to say that Barrie's kidnapping and rescue is somewhat more complicated than either Zane or Barrie realized.

MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE is one of the few stories where I genuinely liked the hero and heroine from the outset, and where I also felt that they were right for each other. That this contributed to my liking the book is not in question. Linda Howard's writing style also helped, as did her characterizations. Zane is an alpha male but not an overbearing alpha, but a protector and leader. The other SEALS came alive as did the heroine and her Ambassador father. What didn't work so well for me was the villain and his motivation (especially as explained to Barrie at the end).

Unfortunately, A GAME OF CHANCE is a very different kind of story about Chance, the adoptive son. Putting Chance and Zane together in the same "twofer" makes some sense, given that they are about the same age and apparently fought together regularly. The problem is not that Chance is the adoptive son, but that he is a different person from Zane. Whereas Zane makes it a point to protect the woman he loves (whether he realizes it or not), Chance uses the woman he loves (the heroine) as a bait for a dangerous trap. Arguing that he is not in love with the heroine does not change this fact. Chance's story is thus a disappointment for those who love heroes in the mold of Wolf and Zane Mackenzie, men who would do almost anything (save betray their country) to protect their families and their mates. I keep wondering if Chance would again put his wife in the line of fire in the national interest; the trouble is that I cannot convince myself that he had changed by the end.

MIRA's reprints: Mackenzie's Mountain (Wolf) goes with Mackenzie's Mission (Joe) in one volume. While Mackenzie's Magic (a story in an anthology) is left out, Mackenzie's Pleasure (Zane) is combined with A Game of Chance (Chance) in another volume. Of course, we have no stories for Michael and Josh, but have to find out what happy ending was in store for them from the first and last chapter of Mackenzie's Pleasure. I wish MIRA would reprint just the strongest stories Mackenzie's Mountain and Mackenzie's Pleasure.

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Mackenzie'S Pleasure (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 691)

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One virgin is enough
I now understand why Linda Howard is rated so highly...
KEEP IT - KEEP IT - KEEP IT --- WOW!
Love Those MacKenzies!
MacKenzie men leaves me breathless

Mackenzie'S Pleasure (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 691)
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One virgin is enough.......2007-01-05

Linda Howard loves to minimize her female characters into nothing more then sex objects. All of her female main characters are virgins. Quite frankly I am sick of reading about how super important that really is. All of her female characters make love for the first time like insatiable beasts ignoring their physical response to having been made love to for the first time. These characters are so fake and I am really getting sick of them. This novel really hit the bottom because her virgin girls theme I have just described to you, that has been a consistent theme in all of her other books in the Mackenzie line repeated the same ridiculous line. Why can't someone write about a beautiful woman who isn't a virgin and who really does enjoy sex for sex...without having to write an erotica?

I now understand why Linda Howard is rated so highly..........2006-01-23

Having read SARAH'S CHILD, I was not too impressed. Having read DUNCAN'S BRIDE worked much better, but while it was a good read, it was not an outstanding read. Several review sites recommended MACKENZIE'S MOUNTAIN, but I never bothered to find a copy. In December 2005, I stumbled across this book (MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE), which is the story of Zane Mackenzie, the youngest son of Wolf Mackenzie and his wife Mary Elizabeth (hero and heroine of Mackenzie's Mountain). I have mixed feelings about SEAL-themed books - while I have loved Brockmann's series, I somehow prefer reading about firemen to reading about SEALS. Give this book a chance, if you share my hesitations.

Zane Mackenzie is called upon to execute a mission to rescue an ambassador's kidnapped daughter Barrie Lovejoy out of Libya. The first third of the book is about how the rescue takes place and with what consequences. In the second third, Zane and Barrie are separated by circumstances until they manage to find each other. Since there is a mystery and a bit of romantic suspense to the plot, I will not go further with the plot summary. It is probably sufficient to say that Barrie's kidnapping and rescue is somewhat more complicated than either Zane or Barrie realized.

The book begins with Wolf Mackenzie worrying about his children, from Joe down to his adopted son Chance and his youngest son Zane. Thus, Linda Howard provides the new reader with sufficient background to Zane, to understand what kind of family he comes from and what kind of person he is likely to be. The book then moves to a botched Naval exercise which leaves Zane short of two men. It is at this point that he is asked to rescue the Ambassador's daughter. Barrie Lovejoy is no spoiled socialite, although she has been protected by her father all her life (for understandable reasons). Her courage and endurance, as well as her unusual (but understandable) decisions, appeal to Zane. Barrie is poised, emotionally mature, and able to make decisions quickly. Zane has been dedicated to his job, but frustrated by the promotions that take him away from active duty. When Zane and Barrie end up spending an intense night and day together while hiding out, they form a bond even though they know virtually nothing about each other.

The book moves from the US to the Mediterranean back to the US. Despite these changes of locale (sketched in deftly for the most part), we remain focused tightly on the hero and heroine. MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE is one of the few stories where I genuinely liked the hero and heroine from the outset, and where I also felt that they were right for each other. That this contributed to my liking the book is not in question. Linda Howard's writing style also helped, as did her characterizations. Zane is an alpha male but not an overbearing alpha, but a protector and leader. The other SEALS came alive as did the heroine and her Ambassador father. What didn't work so well for me was the villain and his motivation (especially as explained to Barrie at the end).

Written by bookjunkiereviews 22 January 2006

KEEP IT - KEEP IT - KEEP IT --- WOW!.......2003-09-20

Zane Mackenzie is everything you want to see in a Navy SEAL -
Dang! but he is hot!
Finally we get a young woman that is worthy of the hero.

Barrie Lovejoy takes the only out to driving away the emotional and physical trauma she was subjected to in her kidnapping.

Zane Mackenzie, in the tradition of his father and brothers is man enough and sensitive enough to deal with Barrie.

When Zane is wounded in portecting Barrie, she becomes distaught at being forced to leave Zane behind without knowing if he would live.

I loved finding about Wolf and his family, especially Michael and Josh [why don't they have stories of their own?] Poor Joe, 5 sons and no daughter. It took Barrie and Zane to pull a fast one.

There is just something about these Mackenzie men that puts your hormones on red alert. We need more of these guys and more women like Barrie.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- definitely all are keepers - what a collection of men.

Love Those MacKenzies!.......2003-05-27

Another satisfying story about a MacKenzie brother. I enjoyed every word. And Barrie was a good match for Zane. Linda Howard is a master story teller.

I also like Beverly Barton but didn't care as much for Defending His Own as I have some of her other books. Secret baby stories bore me so that's probably the reason. Also, I don't much care for stories where something happens to a character as a teen and he/she holds it against the world forever. Good grief! We all grow and mature. Some of these people never do. Along with the secret baby, this is an over-used and unnecessary plot device. It creaks.

MacKenzie men leaves me breathless.......2002-03-19

Another MacKenzie that I fell in love with! I read the story in one sitting. I just could not put the book down. Zane is so intense and sweet and sexy! Wow! The anecdotes about Nick are so wonderful. Makes me want to have a Nick of my own. I'd love to read her story when she's all grown up.

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MacKenzie's Pleasure: Barrie Lovejoy needed a savior. The terrorist group, holding her hostage surely wouldn't tolerate her silence much longer. Instead they would silence her, forever. Then out of the darkness he arrived. Grizzled and dangerous, he led Barrie from her captors straight into his sheltering arms. Navy SEAL Zane MacKenzie was the best. No mission had ever gotten the better of him, until now. Saving Barrie Lovejoy had been textbook, except for their desperate night of passion. And though his job as a soldier had ended with her freedom, his duties as a husband had only just begun. For he would sooner die than let the enemy harm the mother of his child.A Game of Chance: Undercover agent Chance MacKenzie knew that the best way to capture an elusive terrorist was to use the man's daughter as bait, so he cleverly seduced Sunny Miller and set out to discover her father's whereabouts. Sunny's own innocence was questionable, and gaining her trust was nearly impossible. And even with all his experience and training, Chance found it difficult to overlook her beauty. However, Chance soon relaized that Sunny wasn't running from him, she was running for her life, and she needed Chance's protection. But keeping Sunny safe would involve telling her the truth, about his mission and what she'd done to his heart.MacKenzie's Mission: Night Wing, the revolutionary test plane with a top-secret weapons system, was Col. Joe "Breed" MacKenzie's number-one priority. And weapons expert Caroline Evans was his number-one distraction. True, the stubborn blonde was giving him the cold shoulder, but Joe hadn't become the best of the best by giving up. Then he discovered someone on the inside was sabotaging Night Wing, and with her late hours and specialized expertise, Caroline seemed the obvious choice. Now Joe had to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect.

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