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"When I write a novel perhaps some part of me wants to offer in a book an experience that you can't get easily sitting in front of a cinema screen or a television screen," novelist Kazuo Ishiguro told...
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Kazuo Ishiguro's literary reputation was established by three novels published over seven years: A Pale View of Hills won the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first nov...
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In the interview below, which was conducted on December 8, 1986, Ishiguro discusses Japanese and Western influences on his writing, his characters, and the writing process in his first two novels.
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In the review below, Annan argues that in Ishiguro's first three novels he has brilliantly portrayed characters who are unable to see their own faults, evoking condemnation and pity.
Kazuo Ishi...
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In the review below, Lee discusses the relative influence of Japanese and English culture on Ishiguro's first three novels.
On the strength of three dazzling short novels, Kazuo Ishiguro is now...
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In the following interview, which was conducted on April 2, 1990, Ishiguro discusses Japanese and British culture, perceptions of himself in each country, and how these perceptions have helped and hin...
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Interview by Kazuo Ishiguro with Gregory Mason
