The novels of Kazuo Ishiguro
By: Matthew Beedham ; consultant editor, Nicolas Tredell.
Contributors: Tredell, Nicolas.
Series: Readers' guides to essential criticism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230517462
Subjects: Ishiguro, Kazuo, -- 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation -- History
Description: "This Guide outlines the initial critical responses to the novels of one of the most popular contemporary authors and explores the key critical positions that have developed. Matthew Beedham explores the themes which are central to Ishiguro's work, such as issues of narration, memory and ethnicity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction * A Pale View of the Hills (1982) - Remembering Desolation (or 'How Japanese is it?') * The Troubled Artist's Art - Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World (1987) * The Remains of the Day (1993) - Reception and Narration * The Remains of the Day 2 - Historical and Postcolonial Readings * Remains of the Day 3 - Interdisciplinary Approaches * Who are The Unconsoled (1995) and Where Do They Live? * When We Were Orphans (2000) - Detecting the Past * Never Let Me Go (2005) - Questioning the Possibles * Conclusion * Notes * Select Bibliography * Index.