| Kazuo Ishiguro Contributor(s): Lewis, Barry (Author) |
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ISBN: 071905513X ISBN-13: 9780719055133 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $67.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: The first complete study of Ishiguro's work from "A Pale View of the Hills" to "When We Were Orphans," this book explores the centrality of dignity and displacement in Ishiguro's vision, and teases out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions. Barry Lewis focuses on such key questions as: How Japanese is Ishiguro?; What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives?; Why was "The Unconsoled" understood to be such a radical break from the earlier novels? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| Series: Contemporary World Writers |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.22" W x 8.18" (0.70 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |