Kazuo Ishiguro - Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Groes, Sean Matthews, Sean (EDT)/ Groes Matthews
• Assisted by: Jeannette Baxter (Editor), Sebastian Groes (Editor), Sean Matthews (Editor), Kaye Mitchell (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9780826497239
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9723-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Continuum Critical Perspective; Contemporary Critical Perspectives; Continuum Critical Perspectives; Continuum Critical Perspective
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form