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Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the finest contemporary
authors who possesses that increasingly rare distinction
of being a writer who is both popular with the general
reading public and well-respected within the academic
community. Kazuo Ishiguro: New Critical Visions of
the Novels presents eighteen fresh perspectives on
the author's work that will appeal to those who read him
for pleasure or for purposes of study.
Established
and rising critics reassess Ishiguro's works from the
early 'Japanese' novels through to his short story cycle
Nocturnes, paying particular attention to
The Remains of the Day, The
Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans and
Never Let Me Go. They address universal themes
such as history, memory and mortality, but also provide
groundbreaking explorations of diverse areas ranging
from the posthuman and 'minor literature' to ethics,
science fiction and Ishiguro's musical
imagination.
Featuring an insightful interview with
Ishiguro himself, this collection of essays constitutes
a significant contribution to the appreciation of his
novels, and forms a lively and nuanced constellation of
critical enquiry.
Preface by Brian W. Shaffer. Essays
by: Jeannette Baxter, Caroline Bennett, Christine
Berberich, Lydia R. Cooper, Sebastian Groes, Meghan
Marie Hammond, Tim Jarvis, Barry Lewis, Liani Lochner,
Christopher Ringrose, Victor Sage, Andy Sawyer, Motoyuki
Shibata, Gerry Smyth, Krystyna Stamirowska, Motoko
Sugano, Patricia Waugh, Alyn Webley.
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