The Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: M. Beedham ISBN: 9781137080622
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK Publication: November 23, 2009
Imprint: Red Globe Press Language: English
Author: M. Beedham
ISBN: 9781137080622
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Publication: November 23, 2009
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Language: English

One of the most popular contemporary authors, Kazuo Ishiguro has so far produced six highly regarded novels which have won him international acclaim and honours, including the Booker Prize, the Whitbread Award and an OBE for Services to Literature.

This Reader's Guide:

• evaluates the various responses to Ishiguro's work, beginning with initial reactions, moving on to key scholarly criticism, and taking note along the way of what Ishiguro has offered
• discusses each of Ishiguro's novels, from A Pale View of the Hills (1982) to Never Let Me Go (2005)
• features three in-depth chapters on Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day (1993)
• analyses reviews, interviews and scholarly essays and articles in order to situate the novels in the context of Ishiguro's ouevre
• explores themes and issues which are central to the author's fiction, such as narration, ethics and memory.

Lucid and insightful, this is an indispensable introductory guide for anyone studying – or simply interested in - the work of this major novelist.

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One of the most popular contemporary authors, Kazuo Ishiguro has so far produced six highly regarded novels which have won him international acclaim and honours, including the Booker Prize, the Whitbread Award and an OBE for Services to Literature.

This Reader's Guide:

• evaluates the various responses to Ishiguro's work, beginning with initial reactions, moving on to key scholarly criticism, and taking note along the way of what Ishiguro has offered
• discusses each of Ishiguro's novels, from A Pale View of the Hills (1982) to Never Let Me Go (2005)
• features three in-depth chapters on Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day (1993)
• analyses reviews, interviews and scholarly essays and articles in order to situate the novels in the context of Ishiguro's ouevre
• explores themes and issues which are central to the author's fiction, such as narration, ethics and memory.

Lucid and insightful, this is an indispensable introductory guide for anyone studying – or simply interested in - the work of this major novelist.

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