A Pale View of Hills Study Guide

A Pale View of Hills

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

  • Etsuko– main protagonist; middle-aged Japanese woman
  • Keiko– Etsuko's elder daughter who commits suicide
  • Niki– Etsuko's second daughter, by her English husband
  • Sachiko– woman known to Etsuko, and, possibly, a third person on whom Etsuko projects bad memories, thoughts, and events
  • Mariko– Sachiko's daughter, and, possibly, a representation of Etsuko's daughter, Keiko
  • Jiro– Etsuko's first husband
  • Ogata-san– Jiro's father
  • Frank– man that Sachiko was going to America with
  • Mrs. Fujiwara– the owner of noodle shop who gave Sachiko a job
  • Hanada– Jiro's friend who threatened his wife with a golf club
  • Shigeo Matsuda– a student in Ogata-san's class

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