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The volume offers a wide-ranging and accessible guide to the work of one of the most highly respected and well-loved novelists writing today. The volume collects essays on a range of topics by leading Ishiguro scholars and exciting emerging voices in Ishiguro criticism.
List of contents
Part I. Kazuo Ishiguro in the World: 1. Ishiguro and the question of England Andrew Bennett; 2. Ishiguro and Japan: History in An Artist of the Floating World Yoshiki Tajiri; 3. Ishiguro and colonialism Liani Lochner; 4. Immigration and emigration in Ishiguro Jerrine Tan; 5. Ishiguro and translation Rebecca Karni; Part II. Literature, Music, and Film: 6. The Ishiguro archive Vanessa Guignery; 7. The unconsoled of The Unconsoled: Ishiguro and modernism Ulrika Maude; 8. 'A more sophisticated imitation': Ishiguro and the novel Peter Boxall; 9. Ishiguro and genre fiction Doug Battersby; 10. Ishiguro's TV and film scripts Peter Sloane; 11. 'I'm a songwriter at heart, even when I'm writing novels': Ishiguro and music Stephen Benson; Part III. Ethics, Affect, Agency, and Memory: 12. Ethics and agency in Ishiguro's novels Robert Eaglestone; 13. 'Emotional upheaval' in An Artist of the Floating World and The Buried Giant Cynthia F. Wong; 14. Ishiguro and love Laura Colombino; 15. Memory and understanding in Ishiguro Yugin Teo; 16. Ishiguro's irresolution Ivan Stacy.
Summary
The volume offers a wide-ranging and accessible guide to the work of one of the most highly respected and well-loved novelists writing today. The volume collects essays on a range of topics by leading Ishiguro scholars and exciting emerging voices in Ishiguro criticism.
