When I whistle
By: Shusaku Endo ; translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel
Contributors: Gessel, Van C., translator
Series: Peter Owen modern classics; Peter Owen modern classics
Publisher: Peter Owen
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780720614374
Subjects: Hospitals; Fiction; Cancer; Patients
Work titles: Kuchibue o fuku toki
Description: "A jaded businessman has a chance encounter with the doctor son of his best friend at school, Ozu, and memories are stirred of a former love interest of Ozu's, Aiko. The son of his friend proves to be contemptuous of the outmoded values of his father's world and ruthless in pursuit of success at his hospital. The story reaches a terrible climax when Aiko, now a middle-aged cancer-sufferer, is admitted to the hospital and Ozu leads the way in experimenting on her with dangerous drugs"--Amazon.com.
Notes: "Translated from the Japanese Kuchibue wo fuku toki"--Title page verso.