Kazuo Ishiguro - (Contemporary Critical Perspectives) by Sean Matthews & Jeannette Baxter & Peter Childs & Sebastian Groes & Kaye Mitchell

About the Book

This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on Kazuo Ishiguro by leading international academics.

Book Synopsis

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the finest and most accomplished contemporary writers of his generation. The short story author, television writer and novelist, included twice in Granta's list of Best Young British Writers, has over the past twenty-five years produced a body of work which is just as critically-acclaimed as it is popular with the general public. Like the writings of Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro's work is concerned with creating discursive platforms for issues of class, ethics, ethnicity, nationhood, place, gender and the uses and problems surrounding artistic representation. As a Japanese immigrant who came to Great Britain in 1960, Ishiguro has used his unique position and fine intellectual abilities to contemplate what it means to be British in the contemporary era. This guide traces the main themes throughout Ishiguro's writing whilst it also pays attention to his short stories and writing for television. It includes a new interview with the author, a preface by Haruki Murakami and discussion of James Ivory's adaptation of The Remains of the Day.

Review Quotes

"This expertly edited volume on Ishiguro's work, which concludes with an interview with the author, should prove invaluable to scholars and students working on his fiction- whether on single novels or stories, or his work as a whole." --Routledge ABES

"... the chapters in this book are a valuable contribution to the increasing body of work on Ishiguro." --The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 90

About the Author

Sean Matthews is Director of Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. Sebastian Groes is Lecturer in English Literature at Roehampton University, UK.