Author Description

<p>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.</p> <p>In this guide to Ishiguro’s varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:</p> <ul> <ul> <p></p></ul> <li>a biographical survey of Ishiguro’s literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories</li> <li>an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present </li> <li>discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer</li> <li>cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism </li> <li>suggestions for further reading.</li> <ul> <p></p></ul></ul> <p>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.</p>