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Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times.

In this guide to Ishiguroâs varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:

  • a biographical survey of Ishiguroâs literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories
  • an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present
  • discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer
  • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
  • suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential re

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Introduction 1: Life and Contexts 2: Works 3: Criticism Chronology Bibliography Index

Kazuo Ishiguro

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415415361, 978-0415415361
      ISBN10: 0415415365

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times.

      In this guide to Ishiguroâs varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:

      • a biographical survey of Ishiguroâs literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories
      • an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present
      • discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer
      • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
      • suggestions for further reading.

      Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential re

      Table of Contents

      Introduction 1: Life and Contexts 2: Works 3: Criticism Chronology Bibliography Index

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