Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
One of the most closely followed British writers of his generation, the Japanese-born, English-raised and educated Ishiguro is the author of four critically acclaimed novels: A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, and The Unconsoled. Ishiguro's reputation also extends beyond the world of English language readers. His work has been translated into twenty-seven foreign languages, and The Remains of the Day has been produced as a feature film and nominated for eight Academy Awards.
Shaffer's study reveals Ishiguro's novels to be intricately crafted, psychologically absorbing, hauntingly evocative works that betray the author's grounding not only in the literature of Japan but also in the great twentieth-century British masters -- Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, and James Joyce -- as well as in Freudian psychoanalysis.
Table of Contents
Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro -- A pale view of hills -- An artist of the floating world -- The remains of the day -- The unconsoled.