Description
When We Were Orphans is a novel set in England during the 1930s. It follows the story of a young boy, Jun, and his sister, Mei, as they move between London and Shanghai. Jun is trying to remember his family, while Mei is trying to find her way in the world. The novel is shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue, and the need to return.
By the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me GoShortlisted for the Booker PrizeEngland, the 1930s. Moving between inter-war London and Shanghai, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.