Kazuo Ishiguro - Paperback

by Kristian Shaw (Editor), Peter Sloane (Editor)

This is the first work of criticism to reappraise all of this leading transnational author's film, television, short fiction and novel writing following his award of the Nobel Prize in 2017. Comprising contributions from world-leading Ishiguro scholars as well as new voices, the collection offers chapters devoted to each of the major works, each of which draws out thematic and stylistic connections with his body of work, both literary and filmic. This timely study, following the critical and popular success of his most recent fiction and his recognition by the Nobel committee, is the only comprehensive study of an author at the forefront of world literature.

Back Jacket

This extensive edited collection is devoted to the work of the 2017 Nobel Literature Laureate, Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, featuring contributions from the most established Ishiguro scholars. It contains major new essays on each of his novels, including the first published essay on Klara and the Sun, as well as his short story collection Nocturnes, and his screenplays. Situating Ishiguro's work within current debates regarding modernism, postmodernism and postcolonialism, the essays examine his engagement with the defining concerns of the contemporary novel, including national identity, Britishness, cosmopolitanism, memory, biotechnology, terrorism, Brexit, immigration and populist politics. Discussing Ishiguro both as a British and global author, this book contributes to debates regarding the politics of publishing of ethnic writers, examining how Ishiguro has managed to shape a career in resistance to narrow labelling where many other writers have struggled to achieve long-term recognition.

Author Biography

Kristian Shaw is Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Lincoln