The Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 71) - Softcover

Beedham, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230517463 ISBN 13: 9780230517462

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2009

Synopsis

This Guide outlines the initial critical responses to the novels of one of the most popular contemporary authors and explores the key critical positions that have developed. Matthew Beedham explores the themes which are central to Ishiguro's work, such as issues of narration, memory and ethnicity.

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From the Back Cover:

One of the most popular contemporary authors, Kazuo Ishiguro has so far produced six highly regarded novels which have won him international acclaim and honours, including the Booker Prize, the Whitbread Award and an OBE for Services to Literature.

This Reader's Guide:

· evaluates the various responses to Ishiguro's work, beginning with initial reactions, moving on to key scholarly criticism, and taking note along the way of what Ishiguro has offered
· discusses each of Ishiguro's novels, from A Pale View of the Hills (1982) to Never Let Me Go (2005)
· features three in-depth chapters on Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day (1993)
· analyses reviews, interviews and scholarly essays and articles in order to situate the novels in the context of Ishiguro's ouevre
· explores themes and issues which are central to the author's fiction, such as narration, ethics and memory.

Lucid and insightful, this is an indispensable introductory guide for anyone studying – or simply interested in - the work of this major novelist.

About the Author:

MATTHEW BEEDHAM is Professor of English at Vancouver Island University, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230517463
• ISBN 13: 9780230517462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192