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Paperback. This study considers all of Kazuo Ishiguro's work, exploring the centrality of dignity and displacement in his vision and teasing out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions. How Japanese is Ishiguro? What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives? Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
How Japanese is Ishiguro? What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives? Why was The Unconsoled (1995) perceived to be such a radical break from the earlier novels?. The first complete study to consider all of Ishiguro's work from A pale view of the hills (1982) to When we were Orphans (2000), including his short stories and television plays. Explores the centrality of dignity and displacement in Ishiguro's vision, and teases out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions. Invaluable for students at all levels, especially as The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro ... Read more
How Japanese is Ishiguro? What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives? Why was The Unconsoled (1995) perceived to be such a radical break from the earlier novels?. The first complete study to consider all of Ishiguro's work from A pale view of the hills (1982) to When we were Orphans (2000), including his short stories and television plays. Explores the centrality of dignity and displacement in Ishiguro's vision, and teases out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions. Invaluable for students at all levels, especially as The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Contemporary World Writers
Condition
New
Weight
252g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719055140
SKU
V9780719055140
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About Barry Lewis
Barry Lewis is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sunderland -- .
Reviews for Kazuo Ishiguro
This is the best introduction to Ishiguro to date.
Bruce King, World Literature Today
Bruce King, World Literature Today