Kazuo Ishiguro

ISBN-13: 9780415415354 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 188 str.

Wai-chew Sim

Opis

Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times. In this guide to Ishiguro s varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:

• a biographical survey of Ishiguro s literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories
• an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present
• discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer
• cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Kazuo Ishiguro and seeking not only a guide to his works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them."

Kazuo Ishiguro's writing has rapidly gained global recognition since his first publication in 1981. Best known for his award-winning novels, his work also includes short stories and screenplays and his novel The Remains of the Day has been the subject of a memorable film adaptation.

This guide to Ishiguro's enchanting work offers:

• an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of his texts, from publication to the present
• an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Ishiguro's life and work, situated within a broader critical history
• cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Kazuo Ishiguro and seeking not only a guide to his works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.

Spis treści

Introduction  1: Life and Contexts  2: Works  3: Criticism  Chronology  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Wai-chew Sim is Assistant Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.