![]() Unable to continue living in Japan, Hiroko travels to Delhi, to meet Ilse, who is her dead fiance’s half sister. Most of the book revolves around her life, and begins with the atomic bomb that killed her German fiance and left her with burnt scars of black cranes on the back – the imprint of the silk kimono she happened to be wearing when the bomb fell. Hiroko Tanaka, a Japanese woman living in Nagasaki, is the main character of this book. It’s a story of the atrocities of war, nuclear bombs, love, friendships, mis-trust and betrayal. The book is a story of two families whose lives have been inter-twined over the years and has spanned four countries – Japan, India, Pakistan and the US. Shamsie is a Pakistani novelist who now lives in the UK. Burnt Shadows is Kamila Shamsie‘s fifth novel and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. ![]()
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