Uchi
Kazuo Ishiguro, 1 August 1985
The British and the Japanese may not be particularly alike, but the two races are exceedingly comparable. The British must actually believe this, for why else would they be displaying such a...
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My dear son,
You wrote me a letter you never sent.
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