Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro (Literary Conversations Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934110620 ISBN 13: 9781934110621

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2008

Synopsis

Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro collects nineteen interviews, conducted over the past two decades on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, with the author of Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. The interviews collectively address the entirety of this literary artist's career, affording readers of Ishiguro (b. 1954) the most vivid portrait yet of contexts and influences behind novels that have been garnering awards for a quarter-century. The interviews focus on the author's six novels--A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans, and Never Let Me Go--but also treat his short fiction, screenplays, and film adaptations of his novels. The writer's evolving understanding of himself, his Japanese heritage, and his use of English and Japanese history are also discussed at length.

Though readers might expect Ishiguro to be reticent, given the nature of his protagonists, his responses are full, thoughtful, and frequently witty. The volume includes interviews from British, French, and American periodicals, a conversation between Ishiguro and acclaimed Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, and a new interview conducted with the book's editors.

About this title

Book Description:

Nineteen interviews conducted over the past two decades on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond with the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day

From the Publisher:

This collection of interviews with the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans, and Never Let Me Go

- Features a Graham Swift interview from Bomb, and interviews from the London Literary Review and other high-profile outlets

- Includes an unpublished interview conducted by the editors

- Features interviews from French, English, and American periodicals, as well as a conversation between Ishiguro and Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe

- Expands the Literary Conversations Series

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1934110620
• ISBN 13: 9781934110621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Shaffer Brian W., Wong Cynthia F.