“A Family Supper” is a short story by Kazuo Ishiguro. The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist when he returns to Japan from California. The protagonist's mother recently died, so he now feels the desire to spend time with his father and sister. Through the course of a night, the protagonist learns new things and remembers events from his past. Notably, there is an undertone of morbidity throughout the protagonist’s visit. This story explores themes of family, death, honor, and loyalty.
"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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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro