A Pale View of Hills

The narrative is involving and so subtle and full of nuances, the book is worth reading just for it. Some things bother me, though: there is this suspicion that Etsuko may in fact be Sachiko, the traumatized post war kitten killer - and maybe child killer- and Mariko might be Keiko, the latter suicidal daughter, which would explain a couple of things such as what happened to S and M or why Keiko killed herself or the glimpses of personality you see in Etsuko.
There is slso the possibility this is too much imagination and in that case all of that is unanswered and deeply dissatisfying.
So, three stars it is.