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Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro Understanding Contemporary British Literature
author
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Shaffer, Brian W.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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1570032157
print isbn13
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9781570032158
ebook isbn13
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9780585318998
language
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English
subject
Ishiguro, Kazuo,--1954- --Criticism and interpretation.
publication date
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1998
lcc
:
PR6059.S5Z87 1998eb
ddc
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823/.914
subject
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Ishiguro, Kazuo,--1954- --Criticism and interpretation.
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Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro
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Understanding Contemporary British Literature Matthew J. Bruccoli, Series Editor
Understanding Kingsley Amis by Merritt Moseley
Understanding Martin Amis by James Diedrick
Understanding Julian Barnes by Merritt Moseley
Understanding John Fowles by Thomas C. Foster
Understanding Graham Greene by R. H. Miller
Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro by Brian W. Shaffer
Understanding John le Carr by John L. Cobbs
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Understanding Arnold Wesker by Robert Wilcher
Understanding Paul West by David W. Madden
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Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro
Brian W. Shaffer
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1998 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shaffer, Brian W., 1960 Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro / Brian W. Shaffer. p. cm.(Understanding contemporary British literature) ISBN 1-57003-215-7 1. Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PR6059.S5Z87 1998 823'.914-dc21 97-33891
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To Rachel, Hannah, and Ruth
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Contents
Editor's Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Chapter One Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro
1
Chapter Two A Pale View of Hills
12
Chapter Three An Artist of the Floating World
38
Chapter Four The Remains of the Day
63
Chapter Five The Unconsoled
90
Notes
123
Bibliography
135
Index
142
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Editor's Preface
The volumes of Understanding Contemporary British Literature have been planned as guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The editor and publisher perceive a need for these volumes because much of the influential contemporary literature makes special demands. Uninitiated readers encounter difficulty in approaching works that depart from the traditional forms and techniques of prose and poetry. Literature relies on conventions, but the conventions keep evolving; new writers form their own conventionswhich in time may become familiar. Put simply, UCBL provides instruction in how to read certain contemporary writersidentifying and explicating their material, themes, use of language, point of view, structures, symbolism, and responses to experience.
The word understanding in the titles was deliberately chosen. Many willing readers lack an adequate understanding of how contemporary literature works; that is, what the author is attempting to express and the means by which it is conveyed. Although the criticism and analysis in the series have been aimed at a level of general accessibility, these introductory volumes are meant to be applied in conjunction with the works they cover. They do not provide a substitute for the works and authors they introduce, but rather prepare the reader for more profitable literary experiences.
M. J. B.
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Acknowledgments
I wish to acknowledge a special debt of gratitude to Jennifer Brady and Jo Ellyn Clarey, who read and provided invaluable feedback on the entire manuscript. I would like also to thank the following colleagues and friends for providing helpful feedback on one or more chapters of this study: Robert Entzminger, Robert Franciosi, Bruce Krajewski, Michael Leslie, Cynthia Marshall, Tod Marshall, and Sandra McEntire. Thanks are also due Rhodes College for providing me with two Summer Faculty Development Endowment Grants, which aided in the timely completion of this project and with funds to defray the cost of indexing. My mother and late father also deserve recognition for encouraging me to pursue this study. Kieron Swaine and Lisa Jennings challenged me to think about contemporary British literature and culture in a new way. And Kazuo Ishiguro was kind enough to answer countless questionsby letter, phone, fax, and in personabout his fictions and about himself. Finally, I wish to thank my wife, Rachel, for generously sharing with me her insights on Ishiguro's work, and my two daughters, Hannah and Ruth, for their patience and for being boundless sources of joy and inspiration.
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